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Writings on Chinese Architecture
03/1927 | 288 | 50
Pages: 116+119-121+123-124+126-129+131
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Author:
Yetts, W. Perceval (Yetts, W. Perceval; Yetts, Walter Perceval; Yetts, W. Percival; Y., W. P.; Yetts, Perceval; Y., P.; Yetts, W. P.)
Subjects
art literature:
Boerschmann, Ernst
art literature:
Sirén, Osvald
art literature:
Demiéville, Paul
art literature:
Bushell, Stephen W.
artists:
Li Chieh, act. 1100
artists:
Chambers, William
artists:
Halfpenny, Joseph
artists:
Halfpenny, William
places:
China / Xianyang (ancient capital of China) / Beijing
subjects:
Jin (Six Dynasties) / Buildings / Palaces
subjects:
Chinese Art / Influence
subjects:
Chinese architecture / Treatises
subjects:
British architecture
subjects:
Critical Reception
subjects:
Erlitou
subjects:
Song / Sui / Wei
subjects:
Pagodas
works:
Method of Architecture
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate I. Designs for Interior Decoration First Published A. D. 1103 as Outline Drawings in the Sung Dynasty Method of Architecture (Ying tsao fa shih) and Represented Coloured in the 1925 Edition. A-Decoration of a Ceiling Coffer. B-Decorations of Beams. Writings on Chinese Architecture
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate II. A-Octagonal Pagoda at Sung Shan (Honan). Brick. Built A. D. 523, and restored. From photograph by Prof. T. Sekino in Prof. Sirén's Chinese Sculpture, pl. 187. B-Octagonal Reliquary at Shê Shan (Kiangsu) in pagoda form. White stone. Height about 40 ft. Attributed to about A. D. 600. From photograph by Mr. Perceval Yetts. Writings on Chinese Architecture
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate II. C-Wild-Goose Pagoda at Hsi-an (Shensi). Four-sided and seven-storeyed. Brick. Built A. D. 652, but since restored and altered. From Chinesische Architektur, pl. 308. D-Yellow Crane Tower formerly at Wu-ch'ang (Hupeh). Roofs of green-glazed tiles; body of painted woodwork. Built about 1870; burnt down 1884. From Chinesische Architektur, pl. 60. Writings on Chinese Architecture
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate III. Memorial arches (p'ai-lou) from Chinesische Architektur. A-Near T'ai-an (Shantung). B-In a street of Kaomi (Shantung). The inscription may be translated: "Her fame is recorded in the annals of wifely devotion." C-At Ning-yang (Shantung). D-At entrance to tombs of the early emperors of the Manchu dynasty, 80 miles east of Peking. White marble. Built 1650. Writings on Chinese Architecture