Arts in Mongolia - Cinema of Mongolia, Mongolian Artists, Mongolian Literature, Mongolian Music, Overtone Singing, National Anthem of Mongolia (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 30. Chapters: Cinema of Mongolia, Mongolian artists, Mongolian literature, Mongolian music, Overtone singing, National Anthem of Mongolia, Architecture of Mongolia, Epic of King Gesar, The Tortoise and the Birds, Music of Mongolia, Hanggai, The Secret History of the Mongols, Polish-Mongolian literary relations, Uliger, Praise of Mahakala, Altan Tobchi, Song of the Xianbei Brother, List of Mongolian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Byambasuren Davaa, Chuluuny Khulan, Praise of Bogdiin Khuree, The Two White Horses of Genghis Khan, Long song, Crazy Shagdar, Urgoo, National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet of Mongolia, Erdeniin Tobchi, Altan Debter. Excerpt: The traditional Mongolian dwelling is known as yurt (Mongolian: , ger). According to Mongolian artist and art critic N. Chultem, yurts and tents were the basis for the development of traditional Mongolian architecture. In the 16th and 17th centuries, lamaseries were built throughout the country. Many of them started as yurt-temples. When they needed to be enlarged to accommodate the growing number of worshippers, the Mongolian architects used structures with 6 and 12 angles with pyramidal roofs to approximate to the round shape of a yurt. Further enlargement led to a quadratic shape of the temples. The roofs were made in the shape of marquees. Yurt shaped temple. Beginning of the 20th centuryThe trellis walls, roof poles and layers of felt were replaced by stone, brick, beams and planks, and became permanent. Chultem distinguished three styles in traditional Mongolian architecture: Mongolian, Tibetan and Chinese, as well as combinations of the three. Among the first quadratic temples was Batu-Tsagaan (1654) designed by Zanabazar. An example of the yurt-style architecture is the Dashchoilin khiid monastery in Ulan Bator. The Lavrin temple (18th...

General

Imprint:	Books LLC, Wiki Series
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	June 2011
First published:	June 2011
Authors:	Source Wikipedia
Editors:	Books Llc • Books Group
Creators:	Books Llc
Dimensions:	246 x 189 x 2mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	22
ISBN-13:	978-1-155-98123-9
Categories:	Books Promotions
LSN:	1-155-98123-5
Barcode:	9781155981239

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!