{"product_id":"yuan-chinese-architecture-in-a-mongol-empire-9780691240169","title":"Yuan: Chinese Architecture in a Mongol Empire","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA monumental illustrated survey of the architecture of thirteenth- and fourteenth-century China\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Yuan dynasty endured for a century, leaving behind an architectural legacy without equal, from palaces, temples, and pagodas to pavilions, tombs, and stages. With a history enlivened by the likes of Khubilai Khan and Marco Polo, this spectacular empire spanned the breadth of China and far, far beyond, but its rulers were Mongols. \u003ci\u003eYuan \u003c\/i\u003epresents the first comprehensive study in English of the architecture of China under Mongol rule. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this richly illustrated book, Nancy Shatzman Steinhardt looks at cities such as the legendary Shangdu--inspiration for Samuel Taylor Coleridge's Xanadu--as well as the architecture the Mongols encountered on their routes of conquest. She examines the buildings and monuments of diverse faiths in China during the period, from Buddhist and Daoist to Confucian, Islamic, and Christian, as well as unusual structures such as observatories, archways, stone and metal buildings, and sarcophaguses. Steinhardt dispels long-standing views of the Mongols as destroyers of cities and architecture across Asia, showing how the khans and their families built more than they tore down. She demonstrates that the stipulations of the Chinese building system were powerful and resilient enough to guide the architecture that rose under Mongolian rule. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on Steinhardt's groundbreaking textual research in numerous languages as well as her pioneering fieldwork at sites across East Asia, \u003ci\u003eYuan\u003c\/i\u003e will become the standard reference on this critical period of cultural and artistic exchange.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNancy Shatzman Steinhardt\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of East Asian art and curator of Chinese art at the University of Pennsylvania. Her many books include \u003ci\u003eChinese Architecture\u003c\/i\u003e (Princeton), winner of the Alice Davis Hitchcock Book Award, and \u003ci\u003eChina's Early Mosques\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50562781643026,"sku":"9780691240169","price":82.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d0f03a65-4485-45ff-a794-24d8f489302c.jpg?v=1731863450","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/yuan-chinese-architecture-in-a-mongol-empire-9780691240169","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}