Remaking Beijing
Subtitle: Tiananmen Square and the Creation of a Political Space
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9781780232539
Subjects: Architecture and history; Architecture; Art and state; Buildings, structures; Architecture et histoire; Art; Politique gouvernementale; ARCHITECTURE; Buildings; Public, Commercial & Industrial; Political aspects
Table of contents: title: Remaking Beijing Cover; Imprint page; Contents; Introduction; 1. Tiananman Square: A Political History of Monuments; 2. Face of Authority: Tiananmen and Mao's Tiananmen Portrait; 3. Displaying the People: National Day Parades and Exhibition Architecture; 4. Monumentality of Time: From Drum Tower to 'Hong Kong Clock'; 5. Art of the Square: From Subject to Site; Coda: Entering the New Millenium; References; Bibliography; Photo Acknowledgements; Index.