ISBN:
9780815382096
,
9780367225964
Language:
English
Pages:
xv, 199 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Eloquent spaces
DDC:
720.954
Keywords:
Architecture
;
Architecture and society
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Indien
;
Architektur
;
Geschichte
Abstract:
Introduction : towards a semantics of architecture / Shonaleeka Kaul -- Form, space, and consciousness : architectural principles in the vastushastras / Bettina Sharada Bäumer -- Breathing life into monuments of death : the stupa and the Buddha body in the socio-ecological landscape of Sanchi / Julia Shaw -- Spatial and architectural constructs of tantric Buddhist mandalas : a cognitive approach / Pranshu Samdarshi -- The old temple of Basgo : a hypothesis on the superimposition of 'celestial assembly' on sculpture and sangha / Gerald Kozicz -- Temple and territory in the Puri Jagannath imaginaire -- Manu Devadevan -- Stepwells of western India : Rani ki vav at Patan / Rabindra Vasavada -- Outer places, inner spaces : constructing the gaze in Chola Chidambaram / Aleksandra Wenta -- Interpreting public space in the Jaina basadis of Moodabidri / Pratyush Shankar -- On the water's edge : tracing urban form in old Srinagar / Munishwar Nath Ashish Ganju.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
