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Nancy S. Steinhardt, “Chinese Architecture: A History” (Princeton UP, 2019)
Nancy S. Steinhardt, “Chinese Architecture: A History” (Princeton UP, 2019)
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63 minutes
Released:
Jul 16, 2019
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Podcast episode
Description
If there’s one thing that conjures up the – rightly contested – idea of a ‘civilisation’, it is grand palatial or religious buildings, and many such structures are foremost in how China is imagined throughout the world. But as Nancy S. Steinhardt notes in Chinese Architecture: A History (Princeton University...
Released:
Jul 16, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
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