“The Forbidden City: The Biography of a Palace.” Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, 1970.
Frank Dorn carefully wrote in the detail of what and why building and decorating were to be put in and how it represent its own meaning. He put a great concerned in religious along with the architecture of the palace.
Fu Xinian, Guo Daiheng, Liu Xujie, Pan Guxi, Qiao Yun, and Sun Dazhang. English text edited and expanded by Nancy S. Steinhardt. “Chinese Architecture.” New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2002.
The authors’ referred to style of architecture in Asia for many centuries. Chinese Architect has had a great influence on the architecture style of Korean and Japanese. This book is more about Chinese architecture, such as, city, religious’ buildings, tombs, and houses.
Kostof, Spiro. “A History of Architecture: Settings and Rituals.” New York oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995. P. 231-233.
Kostof’s writing described the architecture itself along with the background historical story, which included religious and symbol. He indicated the meaning and proposed of builders.
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[ 1 ]. * A history of architecture : settings and rituals /spiro kostof, New York : Oxford University Press, 1985