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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... Imperial family was one of the members within the imperial court in Kyoto who insisted on holding an anti- Tokugawa position . This was also expressed in his dislike of the samurai aesthetic and his inclination toward the aes- thetics ...
... Imperial family was one of the members within the imperial court in Kyoto who insisted on holding an anti- Tokugawa position . This was also expressed in his dislike of the samurai aesthetic and his inclination toward the aes- thetics ...
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... Imperial Prince Toshihito , had in mind was only the Koshoin with its ... court and the emperor . But his son , Prince Toshitada , lived in a ... imperial families and samurai society be- came intimate . The founder Toshihito ...
... Imperial Prince Toshihito , had in mind was only the Koshoin with its ... court and the emperor . But his son , Prince Toshitada , lived in a ... imperial families and samurai society be- came intimate . The founder Toshihito ...
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... Imperial Villa . The Tauts had been in Japan just two days . Permission was needed , as the com- plex was the property of the imperial court ( and had been ever since the late nineteenth century ) . It may also have been Ueno's first ...
... Imperial Villa . The Tauts had been in Japan just two days . Permission was needed , as the com- plex was the property of the imperial court ( and had been ever since the late nineteenth century ) . It may also have been Ueno's first ...
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