Architecture and authority in Japan / / William H. Coaldrake
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| Autore: |
Coaldrake William Howard
|
| Titolo: |
Architecture and authority in Japan / / William H. Coaldrake
|
| Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1996 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (360 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 720/.1/03 |
| Soggetto topico: | Public architecture - Japan |
| Architecture and state - Japan | |
| Symbolism in architecture - Japan | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-313) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Book Cover; Title; Contents; Series Editor's Preface; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Glossary; Introduction; Authority in Architecture Container and Contained; The Grand Shrines of Ise and Izumo The Appropriation of Vernacular Architecture by Early Ruling Authority; Great Halls of Religion and State Architecture and the Creation of the Nara Imperial Order; Heian Palaces and Kamakura Temples The Changing Countenances of Aristocratic and Warrior Power; Castles The Symbol and Substance of Momoyama and Early Edo Authority; Nij Castle and the Psychology of Architectural Intimidation |
| Tokugawa Mausolea Intimations of Immortality and the Architecture of Posthumous AuthorityShogunal and Daimyo Gateways The Intersecting Spheres of Arbitrary Will and Technical Necessity; Building the Meiji State The Western Architectural Hierarchy; Tange Kenz's Tokyo Monuments New Authority and Old Architectural Ambitions; Beyond Vanity and Evanescence; Notes; Chronological Table; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 'This will be by far the best book on the place of architecture, especially monumental public architecture, in Japanese history and culture ... It is a major contribution to the cultural history of Japan.' - Martin Collcutt, Princeton |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Architecture and authority in Japan |
| ISBN: | 1-134-84528-6 |
| 0-203-29901-9 | |
| 0-203-04283-2 | |
| 1-280-32979-3 | |
| 1-134-84529-4 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910783728103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese studies series.