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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... decorative pattern on the grass , based on the cutting of diagonals . Stone steps in front of the Old Shoin's main entrance Access to the oldest building in the shoin complex of is provided by a path paved with square and irregular ...
... decorative pattern on the grass , based on the cutting of diagonals . Stone steps in front of the Old Shoin's main entrance Access to the oldest building in the shoin complex of is provided by a path paved with square and irregular ...
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... decorative sukiya style , better suited to the design of country houses . The symbol in the shape of a chrysanthemum covered with six layers of gold leaf on the gable of the roof is visible from many parts of the garden . The group of ...
... decorative sukiya style , better suited to the design of country houses . The symbol in the shape of a chrysanthemum covered with six layers of gold leaf on the gable of the roof is visible from many parts of the garden . The group of ...
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... inside bamboo canes of different sizes are interlaced with small canes to form a sort of mat with a distinctive decorative effect . The floor is paved with stone . The promontory of pebbles At this point of the route. 226.
... inside bamboo canes of different sizes are interlaced with small canes to form a sort of mat with a distinctive decorative effect . The floor is paved with stone . The promontory of pebbles At this point of the route. 226.
Table des matières
Bruno Taut and the Katsura Villa | 319 |
Reflections on Katsura | 330 |
Architecture in Japan | 349 |
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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