Subject: Architecture--India

Chinese and Indian architecture : the City of Man, the Mountain of God, and the Realm of the Immortals
AuthorWu, Nelson Ikon [Wu Nosun 吳訥孫, Luqiao 鹿橋], 1919-2002
PlaceNew York
PublisherG. Braziller
CollectionRicci Institute Library [S6]
Edition
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook
SeriesGreat ages of world architecture
ShelfAdmin. Office
Call NumberNA1543.W8 1963
Description128 p. : ill., map, plans. ; 26 cm.
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Chinese and Indian architecture : the City of Man, the Mountain of God, and the Realm of the Immortals

Bibliography: p. 122-123.


The square and the circle, Indian mountain of God, Chinese city of man, gardens, realm of the immortals; Hundu temple design, stupas, focus of worship, temple-cities, Chang'an, Nara, Kyoto, rites, ritual and etiquette viz. gates, courtyards, doorways (men 門), Buddhist architecture, houses and towns, pagoda of Dayanta, Guanyinge, Foguangsi, rafter construction, plans of Beijing, roof designs, plan of Peking as volume superimposed on a pyramid.

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