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With the spread and integration of Buddhism with Confucianism, devotional buildings underwent an evolution, of which numerous pagodas, temples and grottos with statues of Buddha and other gods have survived. The Chinese Buddhist temples were organized around courtyards and verandas with a central pagoda surrounded by smaller houses for the monks. There are also two main categories of grotto temples cut into hillsides: Phil, based on a square plan, and the horseshoe-shaped Shiite temples.
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- PublisherPrinceton Architectural Press
- ISBN 10 321183009X
- ISBN 13 9783211830093
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages200
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Buddhist Buildings
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Buddhist Buildings. Ancient Chinese Architecture.
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(36,5 x 26,5 cm); gr.-4°; 193,(2) Seiten mit zahlreichen farbigen Abbildungen und Plänen; Orig.-Leinenband; Orig.-Umschlag im Orig.-Versandkarton. Text in Englisch. Schönes Exemplar. * Customers from outside the EU ask please for real DHL shipping costs! - Ask for more pics ! * 2100 gr. Seller Inventory # a300110586
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Ancient Chinese Architecture, Vol.2: Buddhist Buildings
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Large-format cloth hardcover 36 x 26 cm, 195 pages, 157 colour illustrations, pictorial endpapers, NOT ex-library. Weight 2410g (please note: extra shipping will be required). No slipcase. Minor light wear, book is crisp, clean and bright, with unmarked text, free of inscriptions and stamps, firmly bound. Good dust jacket (sunned spine, corners and spine ends rubbed white with short creases and edge-nicks). -- Contents: Buddhist Buildings: Photographs [North China; Central China; Western Localities]; Formation and Development of Chinese Buddhism: Explaining Buddhism by Mysticism and Supplementing Mysticism with Buddhism [Initial Spread of Buddhism; Beginnings and the Translation of Scripture; Establishment and Prosperity of the Buddhist Sect; Tibetan Buddhism (Lamaism)]; Founding and Evolution of the Buddhist Monastery in China: From the Establishment of the Baima Temple to the Forest-like Buddhist Monasteries of the Sui and Tang Dynasties [Origin of the Monastery; Structural Evolution of the Chinese Monastery; Transformation and Evolution of the Pagoda; Stone Cave Monastery; Building of the Lamasery]; Artistic Characteristics of Buddhist Architecture in China: The Blending of Western Buddhist Culture and Chinese Innate Culture [Varied Natural Settings Chosen for the Location of the Buddhist Monastery; Treatment of Space in the Buddhist Monastery on Han Territory; Characteristics of the Architectural Art of the Lamasery; Decoration, Artistic Creation, etc.]; Appendices [General Plan and Section of the Nan-Chan Monastery and Restored Elevation and Section of the Great Hall; General Plan and Section of the Foguang Monastery and Front Elevation and Section of the Great Hall; Schematic Drawing of the Beam Structure of the Great Hall in the Foguang Monastery; Elevation and Section of the Mahayana Pavilion in the Puning Monastery; General Plan of the Putuozongsheng Monastery and Plan, Elevation and Section of the Dahong Platform; Drawings of the Great Hall in the Lower Guangsheng Monastery and Its Framework Structure; Illustration of the Principal Features of the Chinese Buddhist Pagoda; A Comparison of the Different Plans of Chinese Buddhist Pagodas; Sketch of Grotto Plan and Comparison with Cave Style Evolution; Plan, Elevation and Section of the Tianlongshan Grotto 16; Imaginary Sketch of the Original State of the 4th Maijishan Grotto; Sketch of Stone-Sculptured Tang Dynasty Buddhist Building and Buddhist Monastery; Dougong Bracket, Inner Lintel and Square Pillar; Glossary]; Notes on the Photographs; Map and Chronology [Map of Distribution of Buddhist Buildings; Tourist Map of Buddhist Buildings in Northern Shanxi; Chronology of Major Events in the History of Chinese Architecture] -- From the end of the Han Dynasty onwards, Buddhism took root in China, spreading and developing over a period of more than 1000 years. The original teachings from India became imbued with native Chinese thought on heaven and man; a foreign religion, therefore, with Chinese modifications. As far as its architecture was concerned, is gradually integrated with that of China, in style hardly differing from that stipulated by central government law. In addition to the wooden or brick and stone temple gate, the main hall and other Buddhist buildings, the Buddhist pagoda or tomb pagoda often took on various forms in the monasteries. Unique forms, including those to be found in the stone cave and the lamasery, are also to be seen, chiefly in Northern China and western localities. To facilitate identification, the monasteries and their location in what is a vast land have roughly been arranged into three regions: Northern China, Central China and the western localities. Not only is their appearance described but the reader is also given an insight into their internal structure, their fittings as well as the exquisitely sculptured statues, all an expression of the dignified beauty of Buddhist architecture. Seller Inventory # 009740
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Buddhist Buildings - Ancient Chinese Architecture Series
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Springer-Verlag 2000, Wien / Vienna & New York, 2000
ISBN 10: 321183009X
ISBN 13: 9783211830093
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Hard Cover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First English Edition. 200 pages, 157 beautiful illustrations. In the original card box. Still shrinkwrapped. The Indian temple styles are combined with traditional Chinese architectural forms in the Buddhist buildings of China, to provide an impressive symbiosis of cultures. With the spread and integration of Buddhism with Confucianism, devotional buildings underwent an evolution. Numerous pagodas, temples, and grottos with statues of Buddha and other gods have survived. The Chinese Buddhist temples were organized around courtyards and verandas with a central pagoda surrounded by smaller houses for the monks. There are also two main categories of grotto temples cut into hillsides: Phil, based on a square plan, and the horseshoe-shaped Shiite temples. 321183009X Large 4to. Seller Inventory # 30899
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Buddhist Buildings. / Ancient Chinese Architecture
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4°, Gewebe mit Goldprägedruck. Condition: Gut. 193 S. Schutzumschlag berieben, an den Kanten leicht bestoßen. Gewebeeinband und Buchblock in sehr gutem Zustand. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 2400. Seller Inventory # 10294
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