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The borders of Chinese architecture /

"Chinese architecture is astonishingly uniform. Buddhists, Daoists, and Muslims, inside China and beyond, built Chinese-style structures the same way for two thousand years, despite mastering new technologies along the way. Nancy Shatzman Steinhardt offers an authoritative overview of design pr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Steinhardt, Nancy Shatzman (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2022.
Subjects:
Architecture, Chinese > East Asia > History.
Architectural design > East Asia > History.
Religious architecture > East Asia > History.
China > Boundaries.
East Asia > Civilization > Chinese influences.
Architectural design.
Architecture, Chinese.
Boundaries.
Civilization > Chinese influences.
Religious architecture.
China.
East Asia.
History.
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Summary:"Chinese architecture is astonishingly uniform. Buddhists, Daoists, and Muslims, inside China and beyond, built Chinese-style structures the same way for two thousand years, despite mastering new technologies along the way. Nancy Shatzman Steinhardt offers an authoritative overview of design principles that have stood the test of time-and geography"--
Item Description:"Edwin O. Reischauer lectures" -- half-title page.
Physical Description:xii, 428 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780674241015
0674241010