Katsura: Imperial VillaElecta, 2005 - 397 pages This book presents a detailed history of Katsura, the 17thcentury Imperial Palace in Kyoto, Japan that is a pivotal work of Japanese Architecture, often described as the "quintessence of Japanese taste". First revealed to the modern architectural world by Bruno Taut, the great German architect, in the early 20th century, Katsura stunned and then excited the architectural community of the West. Le Corbusier and Walter Gropius, pillars of the Modernist establishment, were fascinated by Katsura's "modernity." They saw in its orthogonal and modular spaces, devoid of decoration, clear parallels to contemporary Modernism, going so far as to proclaim Katsura a "historical" example of Modernity. This book documents the palace in detail, combining newly commissioned photographs, detailed drawings, archival material and historical analysis. |
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... building even now because man and his way of living were the focus of its conception . No vanity , no pretentious monumentalism was in the mind of the designers , but only the desire to create a balanced con- tainer for beautiful living ...
... building even now because man and his way of living were the focus of its conception . No vanity , no pretentious monumentalism was in the mind of the designers , but only the desire to create a balanced con- tainer for beautiful living ...
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... building , or shoin , is built along the general lines of shoin - zukuri architecture , which will be discussed in detail below . The building is composed of three sections known as the Old Shoin , the Middle Shoin , and the New Palace ...
... building , or shoin , is built along the general lines of shoin - zukuri architecture , which will be discussed in detail below . The building is composed of three sections known as the Old Shoin , the Middle Shoin , and the New Palace ...
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... building which is in style thirteen centuries old , but in which the grain of the cypress timbers is still bright and fresh . This building is the oldest architectural embodiment of the Yayoi principle . In Yayoi forms , there is a ...
... building which is in style thirteen centuries old , but in which the grain of the cypress timbers is still bright and fresh . This building is the oldest architectural embodiment of the Yayoi principle . In Yayoi forms , there is a ...
Table des matières
Bruno Taut and the Katsura Villa | 319 |
Reflections on Katsura | 330 |
Architecture in Japan | 349 |
Droits d'auteur | |
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16 Maple aesthetic Amanohashidate Arata Isozaki architect aristocratic Bruno Taut building Central Gate century construction created culture Cycad Cycad Hill east East-west section elements Enshugonomi entrance floor front fusuma garden Gepparo Goten Gropius Hachijo Heian imperial court Imperial Gate Internal elevations Japan Japanese architecture Jomon Katsura Imperial Villa Katsura Palace Katsura River Katsura Villa Kenzo Tange kiwari Kobori Enshu Kohoan Koshoin Kyoto L-shaped Large Veranda Middle Shoin modern modernist Moon-Viewing Platform Music Pavilion North-south section Old Service Rooms Old Shoin Onrindo period Plan pond Prince Toshihito prior to restoration Rikyu roof Rooms 12 Servants samurai Second Room shelves shinden shinden-zukuri Shingoten shogunate Shoiken shoin-zukuri shoji Shokatei Shokintei Teahouse shrine space stones structure style sukiya Sumiyoshi Pine Sutemi Horiguchi Tale of Genji tatami Taut's tea ceremony teahouse tearoom temple tion tokonoma Tokugawa Tokyo Toshitada tradition tree Waiting Bench wall Western window wooden Yayoi zukuri