The hermit's hut : architecture and asceticism in India /

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"The Hermit's Hut offers an original insight into the profound relationship between architecture and asceticism. Although architecture continually responds to ascetic compulsions, as in its frequent encounter with the question of excess and less, it is typically considered separate from as...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ashraf, Kazi Khaleed (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, 2013.
Colección:Spatial habitus (Series)
Temas:
Asceticism > Buddhism.
Buddhist architecture > India.
Ascétisme > Bouddhisme.
Architecture bouddhique > Inde.
ARCHITECTURE > Adaptive Reuse & Renovation.
ARCHITECTURE > Buildings > Landmarks & Monuments.
ARCHITECTURE > Professional Practice.
ARCHITECTURE > Reference.
ARCHITECTURE > Buildings > Religious.
Buddhist architecture.
India.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: The Architecture of Asceticism
  • Chapter 1. Asceticism and Architecture
  • Chapter 2. Home in the Ascetic Imagination
  • Chapter 3. The Buddha's House
  • Chapter 4. The Two Houses: Body and Building in the Ascetic Imagination
  • Chapter 5. Asceticism and the Primitive Hut
  • Chapter 6. A Hut with Many Meanings
  • Chapter 7. The End of Architecture
  • Notes
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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