Author: BOYD, ANDREW
Title: CHINESE ARCHITECTURE AND TOWN PLANNING - 1500 b.c - a.d. 1911.
Description: London, Alec Tiranti, 1962. 1st edition. Black cloth boards/white title, 19cmx16cm, Good condition. An introduction to the main tradition of classical Chinese architecture, with reference to societal aspects. Chinese architecture may be specially stimulating because of a very different set of conditions that has produced solutions for different from those in the West. The Chinese solutions do speak directly to senses and the intellect. Unexpected points of contact show us another method of defining space and design from another world of art. This work focuses on the classical and traditional structures. Contents: I). Historical background. II). Structural principles, evolution and style. III). Planning principles and the Chinese city. IV). The house, the garden and the artificial landscape. V). Religious and funeral buildings. VI). Engineering works: some exemples> With map, note on the spelling of Chinese names and words, short glossary, bibliography, emperors and dynasties mentioned in the text and selective index to buildings and sites. 84 illustrations and 158 b/w photo-plates. VI + 166 pag text.

Keywords: china t'ang sung ming ch'ing peking hakka pagoda buddhism taoism confucius great wall -chi bridge jehol hangchow soochow han dynasty


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