Chinese architecture in an age of turmoil, 200-600
By: Nancy Shatzman Steinhardt
Series: Spatial habitus: making and meaning in Asia's architecture; Spatial habitus (Series)
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 465
ISBN-13: 9780824838225; 9789888208593
Subjects: Architecture; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-451) and index.
Table of contents: title: Division and reorganization into visions of empire; title: Han beginnings; title: The third century: emergence of Buddhist architecture; title: The fourth century: permanent materials for worship, death, and defense; title: The fifth century: architecture for barbarian dynasties; title: The sixth century: wooden halls revealed; title: Patterns and achievements of third-through-sixth-century architecture; title: Seeing China through Korea and Japan.