Complete Collection of Chinese Architectural Art 1 - Palace Architecture (1) (Beijing)

Author: Yu Zhuoyun et al. (editors)
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Publish Date: 2003-09-01
Features: Ancient Chinese architecture has always maintained a unique system in the history of world architectural development, exhibiting distinct characteristics. Among ancient buildings, palace architecture holds a particularly important position. Palaces were structures built for feudal rulers to exercise power, live, and entertain themselves, and thus they always occupied significant locations in cities. Their construction required immense human and material resources of the time, and as a result, palace architecture always reflected the highest achievements of architectural technology and art of a particular era. The origins of ancient Chinese palace architecture can be traced back to a very early period, but only the palaces of the Ming and Qing dynasties have survived to this day. This volume focuses on the brilliant accomplishments of the Beijing Ming and Qing Forbidden City (also known as the Imperial Palace) in terms of environmental planning, spatial organization, architectural design, structural construction and decoration, sculpture, and the use of color.