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Chinese Architecture: A Pictorial History by Liang Ssu-ch'eng,Wilma Fairbank ISBN: 0486439992 Dover Publications Price: $26.95 click here to see this book More than 240 rare photographs and drawings highlight this excellent pictorial record and analysis of Chinese architectural history. Based on years of unprecedented field studies by the author, the illustrations depict many of the temples, pagodas, tombs, bridges, and imperial palaces comprising China's architectural heritage. 152 halftones, 94 diagrams. Unabridged republication of A Pictorial History of Chinese Architecture, originally published by the MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1984. Table of Contents for Chinese Architecture: A Pictorial History Foreword by Wu Liang-yong Acknowledgments Liang Ssu-ch'eng: A Profile Editorial Method Maps: Locations of Monuments Mentioned in Liang's Text Preface The Chinese Structural System Origins Editor's Note: The Curved Roof and Bracket Sets Two Grammar Books Pre-Buddhist and Cave-Temple Evidence of Timber-Frame Architecture Indirect Material Evidence Han Evidence Cave-Temple Evidence Monumental Timber-Frame Buildings The Period of Vigor (ca. 850-1050) The Period of Elegance (ca. 1000-1400) The Period of Rigidity (ca. 1400-1912) Buddhist Pagodas The Period of Simplicity (ca. 500-900) The Period of Elaboration (ca. 1000-1300) The Period of Variety (ca. 1280-1912) Other Masonry Structures Tombs Vaulted Buildings Bridges Terraces P'ai-lou Gateways Chinese Dynasties and Periods Cited in the Text Glossary of Technical Terms Guide to Pronunciation Selected Bibliography Index

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