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Chinese Architecture: A Pictorial History

Chinese Architecture: A Pictorial History

by Liang Ssu-ch'eng

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 232 PAGES

A pictorial introduction to temples, timber-frames, pagodas, bridges, terraces and gateways of China, from pre-Buddhist times to the 20th century. With 152 halftones and 94 diagrams.  (CHN394, $26.95)


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