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Chinese houses : the architectural heritage of a nation / Ronald G. Knapp ; foreword by Jonathan Spence ; photography by A. Chester Ong.
Fine Arts Library NA7448 .K584 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Knapp, Ronald G., 1940-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dwellings--China.
- Dwellings.
- China.
- Vernacular architecture--China.
- Vernacular architecture.
- Physical Description:
- 288 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Singapore : Tuttle Pub., 2005.
- Contents:
- Part 1 The Architecture of the Chinese House 10
- Part 2 The Chinese House as Living Space 52
- Part 3 China's Fine Heritage Houses 98
- A Beijing Courtyard House: Mei Lanfang's Siheyuan, Beijing 100
- Northern Mountain Houses: Chuandixia Village, Mentougou, Beijing 112
- Jiangnan Canal Houses: Homes in Yangzi Delta Watertowns, Jiangnan 120
- An Educator's Residence: Shen Family Home, Luzhi, Jiangsu Province 132
- A Scholar's Study: Xu Wei's Green Vine Studio, Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province 140
- A Millionaire's Home: Kang Family Manor, Henan Province 146
- A Three-Story Ming Dynasty House: Wang Ganchen's "Swallow's Wing Hall", Chengkan, Anhui Province 156
- A Merchant's Residence: Wang Dinggui's "Hall of Inheriting Ambition", Anhui Province 166
- The Five Phoenix Mansion: Lin Family's "Fortune in Abundance Tower", Fujian Province 176
- Round Fortress Ramparts in Fujian: "Inspiring Success Tower" and "Like a Sheng Tower", Fujian Province 184
- Hakka Encircling Dragons: De Xing Tang and Ning'an Lu Weilongwu, Guangdong Province 192
- A Mandarin's Mansion in Hong Kong: Man Chung-luen's Residence, Hong Kong, SAR 202
- A Country Farmhouse: Mao Zedong's Boyhood Home, Hunan Province 210
- A Landlord's Village Home: Liu Shaoqi's Boyhood Home, Hunan Province 220
- Urban Dwellings in Northern Sichuan: Ma and Feng Family Residences, Langzhong, Sichuan Province 228
- A U-Shaped Farmhouse: Deng Xiaoping's Boyhood Home, Sichuan Province 240
- A Grand Qing Manor and a Simple Ming Courtyard House: Qiao Family Manor and Ding Family Village, Shanxi Province 248
- The Manor of a Bean Curd Maker: Wang Family Manor, Jingsheng, Shanxi Province 256
- Walled City Residences: Fan Family Courtyard, Pingyao, Shanxi Province 264
- Cave Dwellings of the North: Subterranean Adaptations, Henan, Shaanxi, and Shanxi Provinces 274.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references: (pages 282-283) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0804835373 (cased
- OCLC:
- 62092824
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