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9 Cards in this Set
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What are the two types that Chinese architecture evolved from?
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South - Tree dwellings to wooden houses on stilts
North - Below-ground holes to above-ground sheds |
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What are the two most important techniques for Chinese architecture
in ancient time? |
Rammed Earth
Wood Framing |
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What kind of basic character of Chinese architecture can be shown in the Erlitou sites?
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Water Draining Pipes
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How was stone and brick construction used in Chinese history?
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Started in the middle of Eastern Han dynasty. Due to cost, it was only used for bridges and underground tombs.
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What kinds of high-rise buildings did Chinese try before Tang dynasty?
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Pagodas
-ex. the wooden Pagoda of Yongning si built by Empress Dowager Hu. |
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What are the two manual books, for architectural technique in Song
and for garden design in Ming? |
Complied around the end of Northern Song, the Yingzao fashi.
Garden design - Yuanye (the Making of a Garden) appeared at end of Ming Dynasty. |
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What is the difference of the building style between Tang and Song?
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Tang architecture was more grandeur and powerful while Song architecture focused more on workmanship, finesse and beauty
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What are the different modular units used in Song and Ming?
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Song used cai (timber) as units. There were eight grades of cai.
Ming architecture used the doukou (width of the arm of the dou gong) as a modular unit. |
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What is the overall developing tendency of architectural form from
Tang to Qing? |
The style progressed from expansiveness and freedom to refinement, care, and precision, from emphasis on total effect to tendency toward overdecoration
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