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Nancy Shatzman Steinhardt is professor of East Asian art and curator of Chinese art at the University of Pennsylvania. She has written, edited, or translated ten books, including China’s Early Mosques and Traditional Chinese Architecture: Twelve Essays (Princeton).
Chinese Architecture is a milestone in the field. This authoritative and lucid book represents the best scholarship today on the history of Chinese architecture in any language. The comprehensiveness of its scope and depth is unmatched and it sets the standard for how the history of Chinese architecture should be taught and studied. -Wei-Cheng Lin, University of Chicago Unprecedented in quality and coverage, Chinese Architecture will reshape the study of an architectural and cultural tradition familiar to 1.3 billion people. This important, accessible book features major monuments as well as less commonly studied architectural types, such as mosques and regional traditions associated with China's ethnic minorities. I know of no other volume with comparable scope. -Tracy Miller, Vanderbilt University
