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Candi, Space and Landscape
V. M. Y. Degroot
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Description for Candi, Space and Landscape
Paperback. Series: Mededelingen Van Het Rijksmuseum Voor Volkenkunde. Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HDDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 256 x 184 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1130.
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 conceptualized space, showing the influence of imported Indian ... Read more
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 conceptualized space, showing the influence of imported Indian ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Sidestone Press Netherlands
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
Series
Mededelingen Van Het Rijksmuseum Voor Volkenkunde
Number of Pages
512
Place of Publication
Leiden, Netherlands
ISBN
9789088900396
SKU
V9789088900396
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99-3
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