Status
O
Activity
LEC
Section number integer
401
Title (text only)
Chinese Architecture
Term
2020C
Syllabus URL
Subject area
EALC
Section number only
401
Section ID
EALC229401
Course number integer
229
Registration notes
Crse Online: Sync & Async Components
Meeting times
TR 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
Level
undergraduate
Instructors
Nancy R S Steinhardt
Description
Survey of Chinese buildings and building technology from the formative period in the second millennium BCE through the twentieth century. The course will deal with well-known monuments such as the Buddhist monasteries of Wutai, imperial palaces in Chang'an and Beijing, the Ming tombs and the Temple of Heaven, and less frequently studied buildings. Also covered will be the theory and principles of Chinese construction. Graduate-level option requires a 20-page paper and permission of the instructor.
Course number only
229
Cross listings
EALC629401
Use local description
No