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Chinese architecture and metaphor : Song culture in the Yingzao fashi building manual /

Investigating the historical tradition of Chinese architectural writing from antiquity to the twelfth century, Chinese Architecture and Metaphor reveals significant and fascinating social and cultural phenomena in the most important primary text for the study of the Chinese building tradition. Unlik...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Feng, Jiren, 1963-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : [Hong Kong] : University of Hawaiʻi Press ; Hong Kong University Press, ©2012.
©2012
Colección:Spatial habitus (Series). Global cultural studies collection.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Historical Tradition of Writing on Architecture: From Antiquity to the Mid-Tenth Century
  • 2. From the Mujing to the Yingzao Fashi: The Rise of Building Manuals and the Construction of Architectural Knowledge
  • 3. The Yingzao Fashi: The Making of Widespread Legitimated Building Knowledge
  • 4. The Yingzao Fashi Architectural Terminology (I) Bracketing Likened to Flowers, Branches, and Foliage: Architectural Metaphors and Conceptualization in Tenth to Twelfth Century China
  • 5. The Yingzao Fashi Architectural Terminology (II): The Interplay of Literature, Arts, and Craftsmanship
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix 1. Previous Scholarship on the YZFS
  • Appendix 2. Architectural Types Glossed in the Erya and in the Shiming
  • Appendix 3. Structural Elements Glossed in the Erya and in the Shiming
  • Appendix 4. Entries on Architecture in the Taiping Yulan
  • Appendix 5. Quotations of Classical Texts for Gong in the Erya Shu, the YZFS, and the Taiping Yulan
  • Appendix 6. Architectural Terms in the Terminology Section of the YZFS as Compared with the Taiping Yulan and the Yiwen Leiju
  • Appendix 7. Classics and Historical Sources Cited in the YZFS
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author.