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

Author
Degroot, Véronique
Published
Leiden : Sidestone Press, [2009]
Copyright Date
©2009
Physical Description
1 online resource (xv, 497 pages) : illustrations
Additional Creators
Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde (Netherlands)
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Summary in Dutch.
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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ISBN
9789088901805 (electronic bk.)
9088901805 (electronic bk.)
9781299558991 (online)
1299558992
9088900396
9789088900396
Dissertation Note
Ph. D. Leiden University 2009
Note
"Published in cooperation with the National Museum of Ethnology, Leiden"--Preliminary page
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 439-468) and index.
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