Asian Art and History — How Chinese Architecture Became Modern

Lecture Asian Art and History How Chinese Architecture Became Modern Nancy Steinhardt, Ph.D. , Curator of Chinese Art, University of Pennsylvania Chinese architecture is a unique building tradition whose fundamental features — timber framing, ceramic tile roof, construction around courtyards, for example — span millennia. This lecture begins with support for this statement. It then explores the dramatic and human factors that brought about modernism beginning around 1840. The political and emotional story this lecture tells involves architects and patrons from Western and Eastern Europe, Russia, China, Japan and the United States. It involves teachers and students, wars and revolutions, that led to China's transformation into a global power with mega tall and twisted metal buildings designed by the most influential architects of the 21st century. This presentation is part of the Asian Art and History series. Image: xxxxx -->