Yuan av Nancy Steinhardt

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<p><b>A monumental illustrated survey of the architecture of thirteenth- and fourteenth-century China</b><br><br>The 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. <i>Yuan </i>presents the first comprehensive study in English of the architecture of China under Mongol rule.<br><br>In 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, and she examines unusual structures such as obser