Chinese Houses

1. Auflage 2001
ISBN: 978-0-7103-0689-0
Verlag: Kegan Paul

Buch, Englisch, 160 Seiten, Format (B × H): 214 mm x 306 mm, Gewicht: 762 g

Reihe: Kegan Paul Library of Art and Architecture S.

First published in 2001. In 1936 Mr. Henry Inn, a connoisseur of Chinese Art, made his tenth extensive tour of his motherland to study the designs of houses and gardens. He travelled from Canton to Peiping and from Shanghai to Wuch'ang, visiting many homes of culture and refinement built according to the traditional patterns of the art of house and garden making elaborated through centuries. It was a rare privilege granted few travellers. With the kind permission of his hosts he photographed and sketched characteristic details. On his return to Honolulu he showed the pictures and drawings to friends interested in architecture, interior decoration and landscape gardening. They all recognized their value, both as a record of a unique and significant art, and as suggestive material for Western builders and garden makers and urged their publication in book form.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Inn, Henry

Lee, Shao Chang

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Garten- und Landschaftsarchitektur
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Gebäudetypen Wohngebäude
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part One: Articles: CHINESE HOUSES AND GARDENS IN RETROSPECT; FOREIGN INFLUENCE IN CHINESE ARCHITECTURE; CHINESE GARDENS: CONTRASTS; DESIGNS; MAN AND NATURE IN THE CHINESE GARDEN; THE CHINESE LOVE OF HOME AND SYMBOLISM; Part Two: Plates: PHOTOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATIONS AND DRAWING.

Über Autor(innen)

Edited by Shao Chang Lee Author of China, Ancient and Modern,Chinese Culture Through the Moon Gate, Popular Buddhism in China. Henry Inn, Author of Hawaiian Types and Tropical Blooms.