The Iconography of Architectural Plans
A Study of the Influence of Buddhism and Hinduism on Plans of South and Southeast Asia
Author: Fredrick W. Bunce
The book explores Buddhist and Hindu temples in various countries, highlighting the significance of architectural plans filled with iconographic meaning. It emphasizes the role of priest-architects and symbolic rituals in temple construction.
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The book explores Buddhist and Hindu temples in various countries, highlighting the significance of architectural plans filled with iconographic meaning. It emphasizes the role of priest-architects and symbolic rituals in temple construction.
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With surveys of diverse 'Buddhic' and 'Hindic' temples in India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, and even Malaysia, the book shows how the basic element in their architecture: the plan, was fraught with iconographic import and input, necessitating the guidance of an authoritative compendia, the arcane knowledge of the sthapati (priest-architect), and other complex procedures steeped in symbolism.
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