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The Golden Lands: Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand & Vietnam

Door Vikram Lall

Categorie	Algemeen Architectuur & Bouwkunde
Boeknummer	#354728-MC5
Titel	The Golden Lands: Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand & Vietnam
Auteur	Lall, Vikram
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	Kuala Lumpur : JF Publishing
Jaar van uitgave	2014
ISBN10	0789211947
ISBN13	9780789211941
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Original boards, dustjacket, numerous (full page) colour and b/w illustrations (including photographs), large 4to. Architecture of the Buddhist World, 1.
Samenvatting	A groundbreaking survey of the Buddhist architecture of Southeast Asia, abundantly illustrated with new colour photography and 3-D renderings. Over the course of its 2,500-year history, Buddhism has found expression in countless architectural forms, from the great monastic complexes of ancient India to the fortified dzongs of Bhutan, the rock-carved temple grottoes of China, the wooden shrines of Japan, and the colourful wats of Cambodia, Laos, and Thailand. Architecture of the Buddhist World, a projected six-volume series by the noted architect and scholar Vikram Lall, represents a new multidisciplinary approach to this fascinating subject, showing how Buddhist thought and ritual have interacted with local traditions across the Asian continent to produce masterpieces of religious archite... (Lees verder)cture. The first volume in the series, The Golden Lands, is devoted to Southeast Asia, home to many of the most spectacular Buddhist monuments. Following a general introduction to the early history of Buddhism and its most characteristic architectural forms (the stupa, the temple, and the monastery), Lall examines the Buddhist architecture of Myanmar, Vietnam, Indonesia, Cambodia, Thailand, and Laos in turn. For each country, he provides both a historical overview and case studies of noteworthy structures. Lall's concise and accessible text is illustrated throughout with new colour photography, as well as 3-D architectural renderings that make even the most complex structures easily comprehensible. The monuments that Lall considers in The Golden Lands range from the modest Bupaya stupa, constructed in Bagan, Myanmar, in the third century AD, to the vast complex of Borobudur in Central Java, the world's largest Buddhist monument; his achievement is to place them all within a single panorama of history, religion, and artistic innovation.
Pagina's	280
Conditie	Goed — Dust jacket slightly discoloured at inner edge.
Prijs	€ 45,00

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