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Chinese architecture and metaphor : Song culture in the Yingzao fashi building manual

By Feng , Jie , Jiren; Li

Book information

Publisher
University of Hawaiʻi Press, University of Hawaii Press;Hong Kong University Press
Year
2012
ISBN
0824833635, 978-0-8248-3363-3, 9780824861162, 0824861167, 978-988-8139-01-9, 9888139010
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
10 MB (10279012 bytes)
Series
Spatial habitus (Series) Global cultural studies collection
Pages
304\322
Time added
2015-12-23 22:00:00
-- 1035-1110. -- Ying zao fa shi. Li-- 1035-1110. ARCHITECTURE -- Adaptive Reuse & Ren960-1368. Architectural writing -- China -- HistorArchitectureChinese -- Early works to 1800. Architecture -- ChJie

Description

This book investigates the historical tradition of Chinese architectural writing from antiquity to the Song period, with a focus on a building manual titled Yingzao Fashi (Building Standards 1103). It explores the rich cultural connotations and architectural concepts reflected in the technical contend of the Yingzao Fashi. This is the first exploration in a Western language of this foundational text

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