Chinese Bridges: Living Architecture from China’s Past

Chinese Bridges: Living Architecture from China’s Past

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Bridges, the least known and understood of China's many wonders, are one of its most striking and resilient feats of architectural prowess.Chinese Bridgesbrings together a thorough look at the marvels of Chinese bridge design from one of the world's leading experts on Chinese culture and historical geography, Ronald G. Knapp.While many consider bridges to be merely utilitarian civil engineering, the bridges of China move beyond that stereotype, as many are undeniably dramatic, even majestic and daring.Chinese Bridgesillustrates in detail 20 well-preserved ancient bridges, along with descriptions and essays on the distinctive architectural elements shared by the various designs.For the first time in an English-language book,Chinese Bridgesrecords scores of newly discovered bridges across China's vast landscape, illustrated with over 400 color photographs, as well as woodblock prints, historic images, paintings and line drawings.
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Name of the Author
A. Chester Ong (photo)
Ronald G. Knapp
Language
English
ISBN
9781462905867
Release date
2012

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