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Architectural encounters with essence and form in modern China /

"Built around snatches of discussion overheard in a Beijing design studio, this book explores attitudes toward architecture in China since the opening of the Treaty Ports in the 1840s. Central to the discussion are the concepts of ti and yong, or "essence" and "form," Chines...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rowe, Peter G.
Otros Autores: Kuan, Seng
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2002.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"Built around snatches of discussion overheard in a Beijing design studio, this book explores attitudes toward architecture in China since the opening of the Treaty Ports in the 1840s. Central to the discussion are the concepts of ti and yong, or "essence" and "form," Chinese characters that are used to define the proper arrangement of what should be considered modern and essentially Chinese. Ti and yong have gone through various transformations - for example, from "Chinese learning for essential principles and Western learning for practical application" to "socialist essence and cultural form" and an almost complete reversal to "modern essence and Chinese form.""--Jacket
Descripción Física:1 online resource (287 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-266) and index.
ISBN:9780262282727
0262282720
0585445885
9780585445885