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Folding & Flowing: A Museum of Paper Art in Suzhou, China

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dc.contributor.authorLin, Qiudaen
dc.contributor.committeechairWang, Joseph C.en
dc.contributor.committeememberRott, Hans Christianen
dc.contributor.committeememberThompson, Steven R.en
dc.contributor.departmentArchitectureen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:35:38Zen
dc.date.adate2005-06-13en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:35:38Zen
dc.date.issued2005-05-11en
dc.date.rdate2005-06-13en
dc.date.sdate2005-05-08en
dc.description.abstractIn a culture that was credited with the invention of paper in the 1st century, Chinese paper art have existed since that time with products ranging from paper fans, lanterns to decorative designs and structures accomplished by folding, rolling and cutting. The thesis is about the inception and design of a museum dedicated to the paper art in China as well as its counterparts in the rest of the world. To be located in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, the museum will curate its exhibitions primarily on local traditional folk arts using paper. It will be a museum with a comprehensive mission of displaying, preserving, education and research on paper arts.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Architectureen
dc.format.extent1 volumeen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-05082005-180850en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05082005-180850/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/32367en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartETD-final-lqd.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 93606690en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectGardenen
dc.subjectPaper artsen
dc.subjectCourtyarden
dc.subjectChinese traditionen
dc.subjectFolded platesen
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 2005.L567en
dc.titleFolding & Flowing: A Museum of Paper Art in Suzhou, Chinaen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineArchitectureen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Architectureen

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