Chinese architecture: Bibliography

See J. Prip-Moller, Chinese Buddhist Monasteries (1937); D. G. Mirams, A Brief History of Chinese Architecture (1940); A. C. H. Boyd, Chinese Architecture and Town Planning (1962); N. I. Wu, Chinese and Indian Architecture (1963); L. Sickman and A. Soper, The Art and Architecture of China (3d ed. 1968); M. Pirazzoli-t'Serstevens, Living Architecture: Chinese (1971); C. Yanxin, Chinese Architecture (3d ed., 2011).

Sections in this article:

• Introduction
• Modern Styles
• The Forbidden City
• Architectural Development: T'ang Dynasty and Thereafter
• The Pagoda
• The Chinese Ground Plan
• Structural Elements
• Early Architecture
• Bibliography

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