Jeffrey W. Cody is senior project specialist in the Education Department at the Getty Conservation Institute in Los Angeles. Nancy S. Steinhardt is professor of East Asian art and curator of Chinese art at the University of Pennsylvania. Tony Atkin, FAIA, is adjunct associate professor of architecture at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Design and a principal of Atkin Olshin Schade Architects in Philadelphia and Santa Fe, New Mexico.
[The] fascinating and under-appreciated cross-pollination of
Eastern and Western architecture is thoroughly examined in [this]
absorbing new book. . . . Although filled with handsome photos
contemporary and historic, Chinese Architecture and the Beaux-Arts
is no coffee-table book -- this volume is a thoughtful and
far-ranging account of international trends in architecture, which
have been too little known in the U.S. It fills an important need
and is certain to find its place in every serious library of
architectural history.-- "Traditional Building"
The catch phrase 'clash of civilizations' has today become a part
of political discourse, but as this publication by the universities
of Hawai'i and Hong Kong shows, with many an attractive
illustration and persuasive arguments, appreciation, not conflict,
between dissimilar cultures is not only possible but sometimes
fruitful. Here a consideration of the divergent architectural
systems of China and that of the French-derived Beaux-Arts
architecture--and how the latter influenced and changed the
other--provide readers with a fascinating account of why and how
this cultural exchange occurred.-- "Chinese Cross Currents"
Rich, complex, and panoramic.-- "China Review International"
This beautifully illustrated volume succeeds in demonstrating the
sweeping influence of the Beaux-Arts school. There is much work yet
to do on this topic, but Chinese Architecture and the Beaux-Arts
should change the way we look at Chinese cities, and it will stand
as a benchmark in the burgeoning field of Chinese urban studies.--
"Pacific Affairs"
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