Status
A
Activity
LEC
Section number integer
401
Title (text only)
Chinese Architecture
Term
2022C
Subject area
EALC
Section number only
401
Section ID
EALC5129401
Course number integer
5129
Meeting times
TR 12:00 PM-1:29 PM
Meeting location
MEYH B13
Level
graduate
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.
Course number only
5129
Cross listings
EALC1129401, EALC1129401
Use local description
No