A History of Chinese Architecture

Fuxu Shen (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

288 Seiten

2025
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-981-96-1654-1 (ISBN)

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This book provides a comprehensive examination of the architectural evolution of China from antiquity to the early modern, modern, and contemporary ages. Furthermore, the book draws on past predictions and promising trends in the future of Chinese architecture, thus offering a distinctive perspective on the history of Chinese architecture.

This book provides a comprehensive examination of the architectural evolution of China from antiquity to the early modern, modern, and contemporary ages. A comprehensive examination of the evolution of Chinese architecture is presented in nine chapters, offering a penetrating survey of the subject matter for both learners and professionals. Each chapter illuminates the architectural styles, cultural implications, social significance, and innovations that have shaped the development of Chinese architecture across all dynasties and epochs, from the prehistoric era to the present day. Furthermore, the book draws on past predictions and promising trends in the future of Chinese architecture, thus offering a distinctive perspective on the history of Chinese architecture.

Fuxu Shen, a native of Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, China, graduated from the Department of Architecture at Tongji University in 1963. He served as a professor and master's supervisor at Tongji University, where he had established the Shen Fuxu Research Studio.

1. Architecture in the Pre-history and Early Qin Dynasty of China.- 2. Architecture in the Dynasties of Qin, Han, Wei, Jinand Southern-Northern Dynasties.- 3. Architecture in the Dynasties of Sui, Tang, and Five Kingdoms.- 4. Architectures in Northern & Southern Song Dynasties.- 5. Architecture in the Dynasties of Liao, King, Western Xia and Yuan.- 6. Architecture in Ming and Qing Dynasties (section1).- 7. Architecture in Ming and Qing Dynasties (section2).- 8. Architecture in Early Modern China.- 9. Architecture in Modern and Contemporary China.

Erscheinungsdatum	15.05.2025
Übersetzer	Jiayan Xiao
Zusatzinfo	162 Illustrations, black and white; XXX, 288 p. 162 illus.
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Themenwelt	Technik ► Architektur
Schlagworte	Architecture • Art History • Asian Studies • Cultural Studies • Landscape Design
ISBN-10	981-96-1654-9 / 9819616549
ISBN-13	978-981-96-1654-1 / 9789819616541
Zustand	Neuware