Chinese Bridges Living Architecture from China's Past |
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| Author:
| Knapp, Ronald G. |
| Foreword by:
| Bol, Peter |
| Photographer:
| Ong, A. Chester |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8048-4376-8 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2013 |
| Publisher: | Tuttle Publishing
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $29.95 |
Book Description:
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In Chinese Bridges, Ronald G. Knapp, one of the foremost experts onChinese culture and historical geography, gives these under-regardedmarvels of Chinese architecture their due.Guiding readers on an erudite and enlightening tour of both famous Chinesebridges and those newly discovered by western eyes, Knapp shows that--farfrom merely utilitarian--the bridges of China are dramatic, majestic, andeven daring.
In Chinese Bridges, Ronald G. Knapp, one of the foremost experts onChinese culture and historical geography, gives these under-regardedmarvels of Chinese architecture their due.Guiding readers on an erudite and enlightening tour of both famous Chinesebridges and those newly discovered by western eyes, Knapp shows that--farfrom merely utilitarian--the bridges of China are dramatic, majestic, andeven daring.