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Chinese Bridges

Chinese Bridges( )
Author: Knapp, Ronald G.
Series title:Images of Asia Ser.
ISBN:978-0-19-585728-3
Publication Date:Dec 1992
Publisher:Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:AUD $23.95
Book Description:

This book, like the author's The Chinese House, explores the full range of this important architectural form, emphasizing regional patterns, historical developments, and structural forms, but also the symbolism implicit in the decorative elements which make up Chinese bridges. Not only admired by Western travelers from earliest times to the present, Chinese bridges of all types figure as conspicuous landmarks in Chinese brush paintings and prominent parts of the landscape in gardens....
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Book Details
Pages:100
Detailed Subjects: Technology & Engineering / Civil / Bridges
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):12.9 x 19.6 x 0.9 cm
Book Weight:0.21 Kilograms



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