The Architecture Of South East Asia Through Travellers Eyes
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| Author | : Roxana Waterson |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 344 |
| Release | : 1998 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : |
From the sixteenth century onwards, but particularly from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, comes a wealth of accounts written by foreigners of their experiences in South-East Asia. They were seafarers, businessmen, ambassadors, or travellers for sheer pleasure or curiosity. All vividly recorded their impressions of many aspects of South-East Asian life. Not least of these concerned the enormous diversity of indigenous and colonial architectural forms they encountered, and the style of living of the people who created them. From the sublime ruins of Angkor Wat, the elegance of life in the colonial residences in Malaya, to the bustle of burgeoning cities like Singapore, the travellers of these eras evoke for us the many amazing architectural styles of the region. Their often sensitive and lively observations are as fascinating to readers today as they were to their contemporaries.
| Author | : George T Gray |
| Publisher | : Sunway University Press |
| Total Pages | : 370 |
| Release | : 2024-10-01 |
| Genre | : Art |
| ISBN | : 6297646147 |
An Introduction to the History of Southeast Asian Architecture chronicles the architectural heritage of 11 Southeast Asian countries, delving into the major influences and historical development of vernacular architecture and buildings in the region. Accompanied by hundreds of photos, the buildings featured in the book tell the fascinating stories of each country’s developments from prehistoric times until the present day.
| Author | : Christoph Antweiler |
| Publisher | : LIT Verlag Münster |
| Total Pages | : 124 |
| Release | : 2004 |
| Genre | : CD-ROMs |
| ISBN | : 9789812302724 |
| Author | : Peter James Rimmer |
| Publisher | : NUS Press |
| Total Pages | : 372 |
| Release | : 2009 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 9789971694265 |
The extended metropolitan regions of Southeast Asia are the dynamic cores of their national economies and societies and the frontiers of accelerating globalization. This title explores ways of moving beyond outmoded paradigms of the Third World City or a Southeast Asian city 'type'.
| Author | : Ooi Keat Gin |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 242 |
| Release | : 2019-11-28 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0429773463 |
This book presents a great deal of new research findings on the history of Borneo, the history of Sulawesi and the interrelationship between the two islands. Some specific chapters focus on empires and colonizers, including the activities of James Brooke in Sulawesi, of Chinese mining communities in Borneo and of the the quisling issue in immediate post-war Sarawak. Other chapters consider indigenous peoples and how different regimes have handled them. The book is published in honour of Victor T. King, a leading scholar in the field of Southeast Asian studies, and a final chapter discusses his contribution to scholarship, in particular his views on how area studies should be approached, and the implications of this for future research.
| Author | : Ewald Ebing |
| Publisher | : BRILL |
| Total Pages | : 1048 |
| Release | : 2021-11-01 |
| Genre | : Reference |
| ISBN | : 9004486577 |
This is an odd book. An extensive and sometimes annotated bibliography, it is not a book in the sense of a narrative. However, if treated as a book in the traditional sense it leads the reader through a broad spectrum of feelings of amazement, curiosity and desire: amazement about the sheer volume, richness and detail of theliterature on Batavia/Jakarta; curiosity about the contents of certain publications or series of publications with attractive titles; and a feeling of desire immediately to begin an investigation into one of the appealing subjects stumbled upon while leafing through. The bibliography contains over 5000 titles classified into 42 broad subject categories. The vast majority of the publications consists of books, but the number of articles is also very substantial. Most of these titles (3500) were produced after 1950. The larger part of the publications are written in Indonesian, Dutch, and to a lesser extent English. But also publications in such languages as French, Chinese, German, Japanese, Russian, and many others were listed. Indexes of authors, of subjects and of titles make this bibliography easily accessible.
| Author | : Susan Sinclair |
| Publisher | : BRILL |
| Total Pages | : 1508 |
| Release | : 2012-04-03 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 9047412079 |
Following the tradition and style of the acclaimed Index Islamicus, the editors have created this new Bibliography of Art and Architecture in the Islamic World. The editors have surveyed and annotated a wide range of books and articles from collected volumes and journals published in all European languages (except Turkish) between 1906 and 2011. This comprehensive bibliography is an indispensable tool for everyone involved in the study of material culture in Muslim societies.
| Author | : Arne Kislenko |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
| Total Pages | : 233 |
| Release | : 2009-03-05 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 0313087075 |
This all-encompassing volume offers a comprehensive look at the contemporary culture that defines this Southeast Asian country of Laos, examining everything from Buddhist traditions to Laotian cuisine. Coverage includes a brief history of the nation followed by in-depth narrative chapters on religion, literature, visual and performing arts, fashion, gender roles, everyday social customs, and more. Through illustrative descriptions of daily life, students will learn how traditional customs have shaped contemporary life in Laos today. Few other resources provide the same extensive coverage on current culture in Laos. Ideal for high school students as well as general readers, Culture and Customs of Laos is a must-have for all library shelves. The Southeast Asian country of Laos, one of the world's last-standing communist nations, has often been overshadowed in the international newsroom by its more dominant neighbors, Thailand, Vietnam, and Cambodia. Among one of the most bombed countries in the world, one that suffered much during and after the Vietnam War, Laos has been struggling economically and politically for decades. In spite of these challenges, a rich, beautiful culture has survived in Laos. This exhaustive volume offers a comprehensive look at the contemporary culture that defines this seemingly quiet country, from Buddhism to Laotian cuisine. Coverage includes a brief history of the nation followed by in-depth narrative chapters on religion, literature, visual and performing arts, fashion, gender roles, everyday social customs, and more. Through illustrative descriptions of daily life, students will learn how traditional customs have shaped contemporary life in Laos today. Few other resources provide the same extensive coverage on current culture in Laos. Ideal for high school students as well as general readers, Culture and Customs of Laos is a must-have for all library shelves.
| Author | : Robert L. Winzeler |
| Publisher | : University of Hawaii Press |
| Total Pages | : 228 |
| Release | : 2004-01-01 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : 9780824826321 |
Present-day travelers visiting Borneo to see the marvelous buildings pictured in books are liable to wonder if they somehow ended up in the wrong place. Much of the architecture of Borneo and other areas of the humid tropics was never intended to last and, built as it is of wood and other organic materials, last it has not. Among Borneo's spectacular indigenous buildings, the longhouses, mortuary monuments, and other architectural forms of the interior are some of the most outstanding, and much of the renewed interest in indigenous architecture has focused on the rapidly vanishing or now extinct traditional forms of a small number of surviving examples or recreations. Drawing on the author's extensive research and travel in Borneo, this impressive and original study offers a more comprehensive account of this architecture than any previous work. Organized into two sections, the book first documents and explains traditional built forms in terms of tools and materials, the environmental context, village organization and social arrangements. This section includes a full discussion of architecture designs and symbolism, especially those dealing with life and death. The author next look
| Author | : |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 434 |
| Release | : 1999 |
| Genre | : Archaeology |
| ISBN | : |
Supplies annotated and indexed entries on publications in Asian and European languages relating to prehistory, (proto)historical archaeology, art history (including modern art), material culture, epigraphy, palaeography, numismatics and sigillography.
