Chinese Architecture and Metaphor: Song Culture in the Yingzao Fashi Building Manual
(Part of the Spatial Habitus: Making and Meaning in Asia's Architecture Series)
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Investigating the historical tradition of Chinese architectural writing from antiquity to the twelfth century, Chinese Architecture and Metaphor reveals significant and fascinating social and cultural phenomena in the most important primary text for the study of the Chinese building tradition. Unlike previous scholarship, which has reviewed this imperially commissioned architectural manual largely as a technical work, this volume considers the...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0824833635
ISBN13:9780824833633
Release Date:May 2012
Publisher:University of Hawaii Press
Length:320 Pages
Weight:2.15 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 7.1" x 10.0"
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