Digital Archetypes: Adaptations of Early Temple Architecture in South and Southeast Asia (Digital Research in the Arts and Humanities)

Datta, Sambit; Beynon, David

ISBN 10: 1138252522 / ISBN 13: 9781138252523

Published by Routledge, 2016

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Digital Archetypes: Adaptations of Early Temple Architecture in South and Southeast Asia (Digital Research in the Arts and Humanities)
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138252522
• ISBN 13: 9781138252523
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This unique book presents a broad multi-disciplinary examination of early temple architecture in Asia, written by two experts in digital reconstruction and the history and theory of Asian architecture. The authors examine the archetypes of Early Brahmanic, Hindu and Buddhist temple architecture from their origins in north western India to their subsequent spread and adaptation eastwards into Southeast Asia. While the epic monuments of Asia are well known, much less is known about the connections between their building traditions, especially the common themes and mutual influences in the early architecture of Java, Cambodia and Champa. While others have made significant historiographic connections between these temple building traditions, this book unravels, for the first time, the specifically compositional and architectural linkages along the trading routes of South and Southeast Asia. Through digital reconstruction and recovery of three dimensional temple forms, the authors have developed a digital dataset of early Indian antecedents, tested new technologies for the acquisition of built heritage and developed new methods for comparative analysis of built form geometry. Overall the book presents a novel approach to the study of heritage and representation within the framework of emerging digital techniques and methods.

About the Author

Sambit Datta is Professor of Architecture, School of Built Environment, Curtin University, Australia. David Beynon is Senior Lecturer in Architecture at Deakin University, Australia.