20th Century Japan in 20 Buildings Barr John
20th Century Japan in 20 Buildings Barr John There is a long history in the West of viewing Japan through the twin lenses of orientalism and exoticism. Episodic rather than encyclopaedic, it does not…
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20th Century Japan in 20 Buildings Barr John
There is a long history in the West of viewing Japan through the twin lenses of orientalism and exoticism. Episodic rather than encyclopaedic, it does not describe every twist and turn in the development of modern Japanese architecture, but rather, it examines twenty buildings spanning the 20th century and places them in the context of the political, social and economic, as well as the historical and cultural factors that shaped both them and modern Japan. This book argues that Japanese modern architecture emerged from identifiable events: political, social, economic, historical events, and is as susceptible as any other architecture to analysis and criticism in these terms.
In this way, the author provides a more rounded understanding of the development of modern Each building has been chosen because it reflects a major event in the development of modern Japan and its architecture.