Main entry:

Katsura. English.

Title & Author:

Katsura : imperial villa / Arata Isozaki [and others] ; edited by Virginia Ponciroli.

Publication:

London ; New York : Phaidon Press, 2011.

Description:

396 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm

Notes:
"First published in English in 2005 by Electa Architecture"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (page 396).
The diagonal strategy : Katsura as envisioned by "Enshu's taste" -- 1. Katsura and its space of ambiguity -- 2. Architectonic polysemy -- 3. The authorship of Katsura : the diagonal line / Arata Isozaki -- The imperial villa of Katsura : photographs by Yoshiharu Matsumura -- Entrance to the villa -- The shoin complex -- The garden and the teahouses -- Interpretations of Katsura -- Bruno Taut and the Katsura villa / Manfred Speidel -- Reflections on Katsura / Bruno Taut -- Architecture in Japan / Walter Gropius -- Tradition and creation in Japanese architecture / Kenzo Tange -- "La princesse est modeste" / Francesco Dal Co.

Summary:

"A detailed history of Katsura, the seventeenth-century Imperial Palace in Kyoto, Japan, a pivotal work of Japanese architecture, often described as the 'quintessence of Japanese taste'. First revealed to the modern architectural world by Bruno Taut, the great German architect, in the early twentieth-century, Katsura stunned and then excited the architectural community of the West. Le Corbusier and Walter Gropius, pillars of the Modernist establishment, were fascinated by Katsura's 'modernity'. This book documents the palace in detail, combining newly commissioned photographs, detailed drawings, archival material, and historical analysis."--Publisher description.

Resources:
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

0714862541 (paperback)
9780714862545 (paperback)

Subject:

Katsura Rikyū (Kyoto, Japan)
Katsura (Kyōto, Japon)
Architecture Japan History Edo period, 1600-1868.
Architecture Japon Histoire 1600-1868 (Époque d'Edo)
Architecture Edo period.
Buildings.
Kyoto (Japan) Buildings, structures, etc.
Japan.
Japan Kyoto.

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Isozaki, Arata.
Ponciroli, Virginia.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 275109
Call No.: BIB 209108
Status: Available