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Archives of Asian Art (2023) 73 (1): 55–77.
Published: 01 April 2023
.... There is ample recent scholarship decentering the Western canon, to which the National Assembly belongs, in architecture history, theory, and criticism. This article calls for decentering the architect as well, and acknowledging that the client's agenda, historical context, local interventions, popular...
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in How Much Agency Does Architecture Have?: How Bangladeshis Reclaimed the National Assembly in Dhaka
> Archives of Asian Art
Published: 01 April 2023
Figure 8. Louis Kahn Architecture office, working on the model of the Assembly complex. Photograph: Louis I. Kahn Collection, University of Pennsylvania and Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, 1967.
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in How Much Agency Does Architecture Have?: How Bangladeshis Reclaimed the National Assembly in Dhaka
> Archives of Asian Art
Published: 01 April 2023
Figure 11. Louis Kahn Architecture Office, drawing of the Ayub Nagar Gate. Photograph: Louis I. Kahn Collection, University of Pennsylvania and Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, 1967.
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Archives of Asian Art (2004) 54 (1): 35–61.
Published: 01 April 2004
...A. Patel Copyright © Asia Society 2004 Toward Alternative Receptions of Ghurid Architecture in
North India (Late Twelfth-Early Thirtheenth Century CE)t
A. PATEL
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, ANN ARBOR
It remains uncontroverted that the Shansabanis established which enmeshed northern...
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Archives of Asian Art (2011) 61 (1): 3–36.
Published: 01 April 2011
...Wei-Cheng Lin Copyright © Asia Society 2011 Underground Wooden Architecture in Brick: A Changed Perspective from
Life to Death in 10th- through 13th-Century Northern China
wei-cheng lin
University of North...
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Archives of Asian Art (2018) 68 (1): 33–46.
Published: 01 April 2018
... campaigns. It is not surprising that the architectural expression of the early Maratha kingdom had the same artisanal qualities and visual vocabulary as the sultanates of the Deccan, given that most of the Maratha elite families, including Shivaji's grandparents, had served at sultanate courts. Examples...
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Archives of Asian Art (2018) 68 (1): 67–86.
Published: 01 April 2018
...Li-kuei Chien Abstract Twin gate towers ( que ) were a characteristic feature of urban and palatial architecture in Chinese cities from the Warring States period onward. Although they initially served the practical military purpose of strengthening the defensive characteristics of gates in the city...
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Archives of Asian Art (2020) 70 (2): 173–197.
Published: 01 October 2020
... monuments survive from this nascent stage of structural North Indian temple architecture, and the Muṇḍeśvarī temple is intriguing because it is an anomaly in terms of its size, composition, and the shape of its plan. This study argues that the Muṇḍeśvarī temple has been misdated, and presents a systematic...
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Archives of Asian Art (2003) 53 (1): 26–53.
Published: 01 April 2003
...Padma Kaimal Copyright © Asia Society 2003 A Man's World? Gender, Family, and Architectural Patronage,
in Medieval India
PADMA KAIMAL
COLGATE UNIVERSITY
Shortly before 908 C.E., a woman. named Nangai Bhiiti she certainly continued to make large gifts to her temple
Aditya...
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Archives of Asian Art (2009) 59 (1): 33–56.
Published: 01 April 2009
...Alka Patel Copyright © Asia Society 2009 Expanding the Ghurid Architectural Corpus East of the Indus:
The Ja¯ges´vara Temple at Sa¯dadi, Rajasthan1
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alka...
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Archives of Asian Art (2008) 58 (1): 1–42.
Published: 01 April 2008
...Tracy Miller Copyright © Asia Society 2008 The Eleventh-century Daxiongbaodian of Kaihuasi and
Architectural Style in Southern Shanxi’s Shangdang Region1
tracy miller
Vanderbilt...
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in The Curious Case of the Octagonal Temple: An Architectural Analysis and Revised History of the Temples of Muṇḍeśvarī Hill
> Archives of Asian Art
Published: 01 October 2020
Figure 5. Architectural fragments on Muṇḍeśvarī hilltop, Kaimūr District, Bihar. Photograph: Fiona Buckee.
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in The Imprisoned Queen: Landscape Representation and Pure Land Art in Tang China
> Archives of Asian Art
Published: 01 April 2021
Figure 3. Architectural drawings of Cave 209, Mogao Caves. After Shi Zhangru, Mogaoku xing , 170. Artwork: Zhou Zhenru.
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Archives of Asian Art (2015) 65 (1-2): 87–115.
Published: 01 October 2015
... . Miaoyinsi's main hall is unusual architecturally because while it is primarily a traditional Chinese structure, a narrow corridor wraps around three sides of the building, a feature more commonly associated with the architecture of Tibet. This hybrid building type exists in several other temples within...
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Archives of Asian Art (2015) 65 (1-2): 139–179.
Published: 01 October 2015
... interest in the vision cult of Wutai Shan's resident deity Mañjuśrī is displayed in the building of the three monasteries, which were all modelled after famed temples at Wutai Shan. An investigation of the ritual, architectural, and artistic productions surrounding the three monasteries reveals...
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Archives of Asian Art (2015) 65 (1-2): 57–86.
Published: 01 October 2015
... as a starting point, it also demonstrates how a larger, architectural approach can help us better understand the art of the book in India. Copyright © Asia Society 2015 Illustrated manuscripts palm-leaf manuscripts Buddhist manuscripts Jain manuscripts Hindu manuscripts the art of the book tantra...
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Archives of Asian Art (2016) 66 (2): 187–212.
Published: 01 October 2016
... of the Liao dynasty in eastern Inner Mongolia and Liaoning. The discussion then turns to less tangible aspects of Liao pagoda architecture that are observed at Kherlen-Bars: the relation between a tall monument and lower ones within viewing range, and the relation between a tall Khitan structure and a nearby...
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Archives of Asian Art (2019) 69 (1): 21–53.
Published: 01 April 2019
... benefits and even directed prayers for salvation. In addition, this essay shows that the architectural and spatial settings in which Enma was placed influenced the understanding of his varied functions, and ultimately enabled his refiguration as a salvific deity who had the power to grant birth in a Buddha...
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Archives of Asian Art (2024) 74 (1): 1–36.
Published: 01 April 2024
... and its significance in Qian Xuan's painting. A closer look at the architecture of the pavilion further reveals that the subject and theme of this painting is that of a dejected Song scholar-poet who laments his country's fate. [email protected] © 2024 Asia Society 2024 Qian Xuan...
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in Snakes and Gutters: Nāga Imagery, Water Management, and Buddhist Rainmaking Rituals in Early South Asia
> Archives of Asian Art
Published: 01 April 2019
Figure 8. Pitalkhora Caves exterior, Western Ghats, India, second century bce –third century ce . The remaining architectural elements indicate the original size of the façade. Photograph: Robert DeCaroli, 1997.
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