Bejing Solarscape: A Visual Anthropology

Beijing’s architecture through its relationship to the sky


Research Paper (postgraduate), 2012

67 Pages


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CONTENTS

Introduction: ‘Looking up’

PART ONE: The Persistence of Tradition

(Chapter 1) The Lure of Inherited Forms

Interlude. Architectural Debates: The Space/Place Problem

(Chapter 2) Chinese Whispers.

Episode: Architecture and Desire

PART TWO: The Shock of the New. The 20th Century

(Chapter 3) Building the Tower of Babel. The Skyscraper Tradition

Interlude. Architectural Debates: Illusionism & Ideology.

(Chapter 4) City of Glass. Modernism & Beyond

PART THREE: A Unitary Vision? Cityscapes, Old & New

(Chapter 5) Reading Architecture! Points of Orientation

i/ Whose stand-point? Horizon v Stand-alones

ii/ Points of view. Pointed Roof v Flat Roof Traditions

Afterword: Evolution of the Eye

Appendices: Timelines. i/ Architectural archetypes (skiamorphs).

ii/Beijing: a very short architectural history

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Title
Bejing Solarscape: A Visual Anthropology
Subtitle
Beijing’s architecture through its relationship to the sky
Author
Year
2012
Pages
67
Catalog Number
V190197
ISBN (eBook)
9783656148838
ISBN (Book)
9783656148951
File size
773 KB
Language
English
Notes
Architecture, Art History, Experiencing the City
Keywords
beiojing
Quote paper
Peter Nesteruk (Author), 2012, Bejing Solarscape: A Visual Anthropology, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/190197

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