Chinese master architect : Liang Sicheng /: Liang Sicheng. ([2019])

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Liang Sicheng
• Further Information: Note: Guo Daiheng, Gao Yilian, Xia Lu.
• Authors: Guo, Daiheng; Gao, Yilian; Xia, Lu
• Contents: Front Cover; Title Page; Contents; Chapter I: The Teenage Yearsa; I. His Father Liang Qichao and Hundred Days' Reform; II. His Father Liang Qichao's Family; III. His Teenage Years; Chapter II: Growing Course; I. Liang Sicheng and Lin Huiyin; II. School Life in America; III. Romantic Homecoming; Chapter III: Homecoming; I. Teaching at National Northeastern University; II. Death of Liang Qichao; Chapter IV: Society for the Research in Chinese Architecture; I. Yingzao Fashi and Regulation of Ministry of Works; II. Early Field Research; III. Study on Preservation of Cultural Building Relics Chapter V: Culture Salon in BeijingChapter VI: The War of Resistance Against Japan; I. The July 7 Incident of 1937; II. Homelessness; III. Kunming; IV. Chuan Kang Survey; V. Lizhuang; VI. Victory of the Anti-Japanese War; Chapter VII: Victory of Anti-Japanese War; I. Establishing Architecture Department of Tsinghua University; II. Investigation and Teaching in the U.S; III. A New Schooling Road; IV. Teaching and Educating; Chapter VIII: Early Post-liberation Period; I. New Life; II. National flag, national emblem, and the Monument to the People's Heroes; III. Cloionne Enamel IV. A Battle of Making the Urban Planning Scheme of BeijingV. Fight for the Protection of Ancient City and Historical Sites; VI. Characteristics of Liang's Urban Planning Ideology; VII. The Background for Liang's Urban Planning Ideology; VIII. Assessment of Liang's ideology for Ancient City Protection and Urban Planning; IX. About "the national form of architecture"; X. Design Works and Design Philosophy; XI. The Death of Lin Huiyin; Chapter IX: Renewed Vigor; I. Submitting Party Membership Application; II. Rectification Movement; III. The ideal of "Neo-Chinese Architecture." Chapter X: Tranquility for a Short TimeI. Ancient Architecture Complex That Had Never Been Given Up; II. Back to the Frontline of Research; III. Jianzhen Memorial Hall: A Product of Sino-Japanese Cultural Exchange; IV. Memory of the Ancient Capital; V. Lin Zhu Coming into Liang Sicheng's life; VI. Historic Preservation Always in Mind; VII. Heartfelt Wishes of a Daubery Craftsman; Chapter XI: Final Sufferings; I. Impossible to Escape from His Fate; II. The Last Miles of His Life Journey; Chapter XII: Unforgettable Achievements; Appendix; I.A Brief Biography of Lin Huiyin II. Afterword by Wilma FairbankAfterword; References; Copyright
• Publisher Details: UK China : Paths International Ltd China Architecture and Building Press
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 720.92; Architects -- China -- Biography; Architects; China; Electronic books; Biography
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781844645299; 1844645290
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 11, 2019).
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