What the Emperor Built : Architecture and Empire in the Early Ming /
"The Yongle emperor (r. 1402-24), one of the most famous rulers in Chinese history, is perhaps best known as the builder of Beijing's magnificent Forbidden City and for reconstruction of the Grand Canal. This volume is both the first book-length study in a Western language of Ming dynasty...
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Seattle :
University of Washington Press,
[2020]
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Perfecting the past : the design and construction of the Northern Capital
- Great pillars of state : the rise and fall of monumental nanmu halls
- Becoming Zhenwu : the imperial turn at Mount Wudang
- From mandala to palace : transforming space and site at Gautama Monastery
- Conclusion :architecture as empire.