Chinese Imperial City Planning - Hardcover

Steinhardt, Nancy Shatzman

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0824812441 ISBN 13: 9780824812447

Publisher: Univ of Hawaii Pr, 1990

Synopsis

Chinese Imperial City Planning is the first synthesis of what is known from textual and archaeological evidence about every Chinese imperial capital, from earliest times to the present. It explains the fundamental architectural principles and visual characteristics of imperial planning in China and shows how these features are related to the Chinese idea of rulership. The volume also reconstructs the 3,500-year-old history of imperial planning using sources such as resident descriptions, travel accounts, official Chinese court records, and the most recent archaeological and scholarly studies. The extensive documentation provides students with a standard source of reference from which to embark on further research on Chinese urban planning.

About this title

About the Author:

Nancy S. Steinhardt is professor of East Asian art and curator of Chinese art at the University of Pennsylvania.

Review:

"Steinhardt has done a magnificent job of textual scholarship."

About this edition

• Publisher: Univ of Hawaii Pr
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0824812441
• ISBN 13: 9780824812447
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 228