Chinese spatial strategies : imperial Beijing, 1420-1911 / / Jianfei Zhu

• Autore: Zhu Jianfei <1962, >
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , 2004
• Descrizione fisica: xiv, 281 p. : ill., maps
• Disciplina: 720/.951/156
• Soggetto topico: Architecture - China - Beijing - Ming-Qing dynasties, 1368-1912; Space (Architecture) - China - Beijing; Architecture and state - China - Beijing; Architecture and religion; City planning - China - Beijing
• Soggetto geografico: Beijing (China) Buildings, structures, etc
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 250-274) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: chapter Introduction: Beijing as a critical problem -- part PART I A social geography -- chapter 1 A geo-political project -- chapter 2 City plan as ideology -- chapter 3 Social space of the city -- chapter Concluding notes to Part I: Architecture of the city and the land -- part PART II A political architecture -- chapter 4 A sea of walls: the Purple Forbidden Palace -- chapter 5 The palace: framing a political landscape -- chapter 6 The palace: a battle?eld -- chapter 7 Constructs of authority -- chapter Concluding notes to Part II: Architecture as a machine of the state -- part Part III Religious and aesthetic compositions -- chapter 8 A religious discourse -- chapter 9 Formal compositions: visual and existential -- chapter Concluding notes to Part III: Architecture of horizon.
• Titolo autorizzato: Chinese spatial strategies
• ISBN: 1-134-36620-5; 1-280-07555-4; 1-134-36621-3; 0-203-61348-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910777429903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II