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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Auteur principal: Ashraf, Kazi Khaleed (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, 2013.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Buddhist architecture.
Asceticism > Buddhism.
ARCHITECTURE > Buildings > Religious.
ARCHITECTURE > Reference.
ARCHITECTURE > Professional Practice.
ARCHITECTURE > Buildings > Landmarks & Monuments.
ARCHITECTURE > Adaptive Reuse & Renovation.
Architecture bouddhique > Inde.
Ascetisme > Bouddhisme.
Buddhist architecture > India.
India.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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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