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The New Cambridge History of India, volume I.7
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The Architecture and Art of the Deccan Sultanates
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L'art indien
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Dans cet ouvrage, l'exposé didactique appuyé de nombreux documents iconographiques (peintures, sculptures, architectures, plans) passe en revue l'art de ce vaste sous-continent qu'est l'Inde, traversé par deux grandes religions : le bouddhisme et l'hindouisme
L'art indien
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Dans cet ouvrage, l'exposé didactique appuyé de nombreux documents iconographiques (peintures, sculptures, architectures, plans) passe en revue l'art de ce vaste sous-continent qu'est l'Inde, traversé par deux grandes religions : le bouddhisme et l'hindouisme
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This book uncovers the concealed concepts at work in Japanese living space, and brings compelling insights and long-needed clairity to the subject.
The Inner Harmony of the Japanese House
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This book uncovers the concealed concepts at work in Japanese living space, and brings compelling insights and long-needed clairity to the subject.
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Temple and teahouse in Japan
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After a trip to Japan in 1953, Werner Bläser published his landmark book on Classical Japanese architecture. His studies of 17th-18th-century wooden buildings document minimalist, grid-based structures using stark black-and-white photographs, some color photographs and numerous line drawings. His book, highly prized in terms of design and content, contributed(...)
Temple and teahouse in Japan
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After a trip to Japan in 1953, Werner Bläser published his landmark book on Classical Japanese architecture. His studies of 17th-18th-century wooden buildings document minimalist, grid-based structures using stark black-and-white photographs, some color photographs and numerous line drawings. His book, highly prized in terms of design and content, contributed significantly to introducing Japanese aesthetics to Western architecture, art and graphics. Mies van der Rohe, for example, gave it to many of his friends. The reprint is enriched by a text on the history of the book by Christian Blaser, Werner Blaser's son, a contribution by Inge Andritz on Mies van der Rohe and Japanese architecture, and a personal afterword by Tadao Ando.
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Uncrating the Japanese house
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In 1953, Japanese architect Junzo Yoshimura designed a now-classic Japanese house and garden that he called Shofuso. It was built in Nagoya, Japan, and shipped to New York in 1954, where it was exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art and then relocated to Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park. This extensively illustrated volume centers on Yoshimura’s design for Shofuso and two(...)
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In 1953, Japanese architect Junzo Yoshimura designed a now-classic Japanese house and garden that he called Shofuso. It was built in Nagoya, Japan, and shipped to New York in 1954, where it was exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art and then relocated to Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park. This extensively illustrated volume centers on Yoshimura’s design for Shofuso and two allied sites located in New Hope, Bucks County, Pennsylvania: Raymond Farm (1939–41); and Nakashima Studios. Each site, in its own way, is the embodiment of the personal relationships and cross-cultural collaborations among this group of architects and designers. This volume documents an exhibition of objects and ephemera mounted at Shofuso. Architectural photographer Elizabeth Felicella captures each site in a portfolio of newly commissioned images. Essays by Ken Tadashi Oshima and William Whitaker, illustrated with historical photographs, family snapshots and architectural drawings, further elucidate this important chapter in the history of modern architecture and design.
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Chinese architecture
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Ancient Chinese architecture is not only a source of reference for modern Chinese design, it has also had an international influence and attracted global attention. Moreover, architectural remains in China reveal much about the history of this ancient civilisation. The palaces, gardens, temples, tombs and dwellings of the Chinese people reflect, for example, the military(...)
Chinese architecture
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Ancient Chinese architecture is not only a source of reference for modern Chinese design, it has also had an international influence and attracted global attention. Moreover, architectural remains in China reveal much about the history of this ancient civilisation. The palaces, gardens, temples, tombs and dwellings of the Chinese people reflect, for example, the military achievements of the Qin emperor, the spirit of the Tang Dynasty, the palace intrigues of the Ming Dynasty, the diversity of Chinese culture through the ages and the skill of countless generations of craftsmen and labourers. This publication provides an accessible, illustrated introduction to this essential part of China's cultural heritage.
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A la faveur des échanges renoués, les Occidentaux redécouvrent ce pays secoué par trente ans de guerre. Les apports architecturaux de la période coloniale demeurent visibles et contribuent toujours à façonner le visage des cités actuelles. Léonard de Selva, photographe, et Arnauld Le Brusq, historien de l''art, proposent un itinéraire du sud au nord du Viêtnam, de Hô Chi(...)
Viêtnam : à travers l'architecture coloniale
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A la faveur des échanges renoués, les Occidentaux redécouvrent ce pays secoué par trente ans de guerre. Les apports architecturaux de la période coloniale demeurent visibles et contribuent toujours à façonner le visage des cités actuelles. Léonard de Selva, photographe, et Arnauld Le Brusq, historien de l''art, proposent un itinéraire du sud au nord du Viêtnam, de Hô Chi Minh-Ville - l''ancien Saigon - à Hanoi, en passant par Dalat, Nha Trang, Danang - anciennement Tourane - et Huê, autant de villes abordées de manière vivante sous l''angle de l'histoire urbaine et architecturale.
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Jerusalem: city of longing
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Goldhill, professor of Greek at Cambridge, provides an illuminating archeological, architectural and historical guide to Jerusalem's most holy and secular sites from biblical times to the present. As Goldhill explores Jerusalem during the Victorian period, which he claims laid the groundwork for much of the modern city, the impact of British mandatory rule, and the city(...)
Jerusalem: city of longing
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Goldhill, professor of Greek at Cambridge, provides an illuminating archeological, architectural and historical guide to Jerusalem's most holy and secular sites from biblical times to the present. As Goldhill explores Jerusalem during the Victorian period, which he claims laid the groundwork for much of the modern city, the impact of British mandatory rule, and the city today, he faces head-on the difficulty of telling the history of a place where every fact is contested by conflicting nationalist narratives.
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In Traditional Japanese Architecture, author Mira Locher explores the development, construction, function and symbolism inherent in historic architectural elements. From roofs, walls and floors to door pulls and kettle hangers, this book situates these elements firmly within the natural environment and traditional culture of Japan.
Traditional Japanese architecture: An exploration of elements and forms
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In Traditional Japanese Architecture, author Mira Locher explores the development, construction, function and symbolism inherent in historic architectural elements. From roofs, walls and floors to door pulls and kettle hangers, this book situates these elements firmly within the natural environment and traditional culture of Japan.
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This publication is a book of stories, depictions of vanished ways of life told from the point of view of a contemporary observer. The stories tell how people lived in Japan some two hundred years ago, during the late Edo Period, when traditional technology and culture were at the peak of development and realization, just before the country opened itself to the West and(...)
Just enough: lessons in living green from traditional Japan
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This publication is a book of stories, depictions of vanished ways of life told from the point of view of a contemporary observer. The stories tell how people lived in Japan some two hundred years ago, during the late Edo Period, when traditional technology and culture were at the peak of development and realization, just before the country opened itself to the West and joined the ranks of the industrialized nations. They tell of people overcoming many of the identical problems that confront us today--issues of energy, water, materials, food and population--and forging a society that was conservation-minded, waste-free, well-housed, well-fed and economically robust.
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