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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786977103321

Autore

Degroot Véronique

Titolo

Candi, space and landscape [[electronic resource] ] : a study on the distribution, orientation and spatial organization of central Javanese temple remains / / Véronique Degroot

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, : Sidestone Press, c2009

ISBN

90-8890-180-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (519 p.)

Collana

Mededelingen van het Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde, Leiden ; ; no. 38

Disciplina

959

959.8012

Soggetti

Temples - Indonesia - Java

Java (Indonesia) Buildings, structures, etc

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Published in cooperation with the National Museum of Ethnology, Leiden"--P. facing t.p.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 439-468) and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Central Javanese temples were not built anywhere and anyhow. On the contrary: their positions within the landscape and their architectural designs were determined by socio-cultural, religious and economic factors. This book explores the correlations between temple distribution, natural surroundings and architectural design to understand how Central Javanese people structured the space around them, and how the religious landscape thus created, developed. Besides questions related to territory and landscape, Degroot's book analyzes the structure of the built space and its possible relations with