Chang'an Avenue and the Modernization of Chinese Architecture

by Shuishan Yu

In this interdisciplinary narrative, the never-ending "completion" of China's most important street offers a broad view of the relationship between art and ideology in modern China. Chang'an Avenue, named after China's ancient capital (whose name means "Eternal Peace"), is supremely symbolic. Running east-west through the centuries-old heart of Beijing, it intersects the powerful north-south axis that links the traditional centers of political...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295992131
• ISBN13: 9780295992136
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 2.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.2" x 10.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher