URSI 110--The City
China
Context:
4,000 years of unified rule
Wide diversity of climates and peoples
Many spoken languages; single written language
Landscape of
steep hills
,
water
, and
rice paddies
(in south)
City Form
Canonical form
1
,
2
,
3
—walled, orthogonal,
gated
Southern & Northern styles
Roof types
Public Buildings
Forbidden City
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7
,
8
Great Wall
1
,
2
,
3
Tiantian
Shrine
1
,
2
Commercial/Industrial
Xian warriors
1
,
2,
3
Ceramic sculpture
2
Residential/Daily Life
Buddhism
1
,
2
Family Compound
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
Communal residence
MSU
© 2006
A.J.Filipovitch
Revised 24 May 06