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Mingqi Pottery Buildings of Han Dynasty China 206 BC - AD 220 - Architectural Representations and Represented Architecture (Paperback)
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Mingqi Pottery Buildings of Han Dynasty China 206 BC - AD 220 - Architectural Representations and Represented Architecture (Paperback)
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An enormous number of burial objects have been unearthed from
ancient tombs in archaeological excavations in China. These mingqi
were made in all kinds of materials and in a broad range of forms,
techniques and craftsmanship. In this book Quinghua Guo examines a
particular type of mingqi -- pottery building. The striking realism
of the pottery buildings suggests that they were modelled after
actual buildings. They bring to life courtyard houses, manors,
towers, granaries and pigsty-privies, as well as cooking ranges and
well pavilions. These pottery buildings, previously little known,
preserve knowledge of antiquity and demonstrate the architectural
quality and structural variety of the period. The author identifies
the typology of the pottery buildings they signify in terms of
ontology and semiology, in order to provide a conceptual map for
classification, and identifies building systems reflected by the
mingqi to detect architectonic systems of the Han dynasty. Key
features of this volume include: Cross-disciplinary research --
architectural study interlocking with archaeological study;
architectural study interlocking with graphic study. The Han
pottery buildings are important architectural models from the
ancient world, and are contrasted with wooden houses of
Middle-Kingdom Egypt and brick buildings of the Minor civilisation,
Crete, allowing cross-cultural comparisons.
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