Candi, space and landscape : a study on the distribution, orientation and spatial organization of central Javanese temple remains / Véronique Degroot.

By:

Degroot, Véronique

Contributor(s):

Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde (Netherlands)

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Summary language: Dutch Series: Mededelingen van het Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde, Leiden ; no. 38.Publication details: Leiden : Sidestone Press, ©2009.Description: 1 online resource (xv, 497 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9789088901805
9088901805
9781299558991
1299558992

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Candi, space and landscape.DDC classification:

726.143095982 22

LOC classification:

NA6026.6.J38 D44 2009eb

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In: OAPEN (Open Access Publishing in European Networks)Dissertation note: Ph. D. Leiden University 2009 Summary: Central Javanese temples were not built anywhere and anyhow. On the contrary: their positions within the landscape and their architectural designs were determined by socio-cultural, religious and economic factors. This book explores the correlations between temple distribution, natural surroundings and architectural design to understand how Central Javanese people structured the space around them, and how the religious landscape thus created, developed. Besides questions related to territory and landscape, Degroot's book analyzes the structure of the built space and its possible relations with.

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"Published in cooperation with the National Museum of Ethnology, Leiden"--Preliminary page.

Ph. D. Leiden University 2009

Includes bibliographical references (pages 439-468) and index.

Summary in Dutch.

Central Javanese temples were not built anywhere and anyhow. On the contrary: their positions within the landscape and their architectural designs were determined by socio-cultural, religious and economic factors. This book explores the correlations between temple distribution, natural surroundings and architectural design to understand how Central Javanese people structured the space around them, and how the religious landscape thus created, developed. Besides questions related to territory and landscape, Degroot's book analyzes the structure of the built space and its possible relations with.

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