Ronald Knapp: 9 books
by Ronald Knapp
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2013
Los Angeles TimesDecember 4, 1987“In Turning it Around, You Might Say Gorbachev Looks Like Ronald Knapp: He Could Cause Tremblin in the Kremlin.”In December of 1988, Mikhail Gorbachev, Secretary General of the Soviet Union, came to address the United Nations. Ronald Knapp went to New York...
Things Chinese
Antiques, Crafts, Collectibles
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2012
China's art objects and traditionally manufactured products have long been sought by collectors—from porcelains and silk fabrics to furniture and even the lacquered chopsticks that are a distant relation to ones found in most Chinese restaurants. Things Chinese presents sixty distinctive items that...
America's Covered Bridges
Practical Crossings?Nostalgic Icons
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2014
As many as 15,000 covered bridges were built in North America over the past 200 years. Fewer than 1,000 remain.
In America's Covered Bridges, authors Terry E. Miller and Ronald G. Knapp tell the fascinating story of these bridges, how they were built, the technological breakthroughs required...
Chinese Bridges
Living Architecture From China's Past
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2012
Bridges, the least known and understood of China's many wonders, are one of its most striking and resilient feats of architectural prowess.
Chinese Bridges brings together a thorough look at the marvels of Chinese bridge design from one of the world's leading experts on Chinese culture and...
The Guy Who Got Trump
Outrageous Adventures of an Audacious Imposter
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
In December of 1988, Mikhail Gorbachev, Secretary General of the Soviet Union, came to address the United Nations. Ronald Knapp went to New York for one day to do a segment on Fox TV with Gordon Elliott’s "Good Day, New York,” knocking on doors in New Jersey the same day Gorbachev was arriving. He...
Chinese Houses
The Architectural Heritage of a Nation
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
Winner of ForeWord Magazine's Architecture "Book of the Year" Award!
Exquisite examples of traditional dwellings are scattered throughout modern-day China. Chinese Houses focuses on 20 well-preserved traditional Chinese homes, presenting examples from a range of rural and metropolitan...
Chinese Houses of Southeast Asia
The Eclectic Architecture of Sojourners and Settlers
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2013
Featuring over 350 beautiful photographs, Chinese Houses of Southeast Asia captures the architectural heritage of a vibrant community.
The multiple Chinese migrations from southeastern China to Southeast Asia have had important implications for both regions. In Southeast Asia this influence...
The Peranakan Chinese Home
Art and Culture in Daily Life
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2013
Discover the rarified Peranakan (native-born Chinese of Southeast Asia) aesthetics that are today highly sought-after for their beauty: distinctive furniture and ceramics, textiles and jewelry, and many other art objects. Peranakan Chinese Home displays these extraordinary objects, visible markers...
Traces of the Sage
Monument, Materiality, and the First Temple of Confucius
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2016
The Temple of Confucius (Kong Temple) in Qufu is the definitive monument to the world's greatest sage. From its humble origins deep in China's past, the home of Confucius grew in size and stature under the auspices of almost every major dynasty until it was the largest and most richly endowed temple...