Title & Author:

A pictorial record of Qing dynasty : Qing dynasty architecture / compiled by the Peking University Library.

Publication:

Singapore : Cengage Learning Asia, ©2010.

Description:

xix, 330 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 29 cm

Series:

A pictorial record of the Qing dynasty.

Notes:
City walls and gates -- Panoramas of cities and towns -- Pagodas -- Archways -- Guild houses -- Churches -- Legations and consulates -- Mission schools -- Railway stations -- Imperial examination halls -- Ya'men (Government Offices) -- Gardens and mansions -- Pavilions, terraces, and towers -- Temples and monasteries -- Altars -- Graves and tombs -- Streets -- Bridges.
This book is a compilation of 540 photographs and paintings of Qing Dynasty architecture that appeared in Western publications currently housed in the Peking University Library. The collection is categorized into 18 chapters, such as city walls and gates, pagodas, archways, guild houses, churches, streets, and bridges. These photographs and paintings present a visual introduction to the modes and styles of Chinese architecture built before and during the Qing Dynasty. Besides mirroring the various social upheavals in China during the late Qing Dynasty, the photographs also reflect the Sino Western cultural interactions and military encounters then. This is shown in photographs of armed foreign troops standing guard on the city walls of Nanjing and the triumphant parade of the German military motorcade along a street in Qingdao. In conclusion, this book is useful as a visual reference for researching the architectural evolution during the Qing Dynasty and also provides a fresh and multi-faceted perspective on China's political, social, cultural, and economic landscapes then.

Summary:

"This book is a compilation of 500 photographs of the Qing Dynasty architecture, which appeared in Western publications. The collection comprises eighteen categories, including city walls and gates, towers memorial arches, guild houses, churches, streets, and bridges, furnishing a visual introduction to the styles of Chinese architecture in the Qing and previous dynasties. Meanwhile, these photographs also mirror the Chinese-Western cultural and military encounters as well as China's economic changes during the late Qing Dynasty, the book also provides a new perspective to investigating China<U+2019>s then political, social, cultural, and economic conditions."--P. 4 of cover.

ISBN:

9789814272407
981427240X

Subject:

Architecture China History Ming-Qing dynasties, 1368-1912 Pictorial works.
Architecture Chine Histoire 1368-1912 (Dynasties des Ming et des Qing) Ouvrages illustrés.
Architecture Ming-Qing dynasties
China

Form/genre:

Catalogs.
History
Illustrated works

Added entries:

Beijing da xue. Tu shu guan.
A pictorial record of the Qing dynasty.

Qing dynasty architecture

Holdings:

Location: Library main 271785
Call No.: BIB 205027
Status: Available