Jin Baek

Nothingness: Tadao Ando's Christian Sacred Space (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

Based round an interview with Tadao Ando, this book explores the influence of the Buddhist concept of nothingness on Ando's Christian architecture, and sheds new light on the cultural significance of the buildings of one the world's leading contemporary architects.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Juni 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134020621
• Artikelnr.: 42641336

Autorenporträt

Jin Baek is Assistant Professor in the Department of Architecture at Pennsylvania State University. His research interests include the cross-cultural issues between East Asia and the West in architecture and urbanism.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part 1: Emptiness and Christianity 1. Emptiness within
Christianity 2. Return to Emptiness Part 2: The School of Things (Mono-ha)
and its Criticism of Modernity 3. The Emergence of the School of Things and
Space Design 4. The School of Things and Anti-Semiotics 5. The School of
Things and Nothingness Part 3: Nothingness, Shintai and Christian Theology
6. Kitaro Nishida's Philosophy of Nothingness 7. Nothingness and Shintai 8.
Nothingness and Christian Theology Part 4: Emptiness and the Cross 8.
Emptiness and the Demise of Symbols 9. The Cross between Romanticism and
Barbarism 10. Emptiness Filled with Situational Appearance 11. Metaphysical
Light and Phenomenological Light 12. Dark, Light and Gold Part 5:
Emptiness, the Cross and Shintai 13. Shintai and Corporeality of
Architectural Elements 14. Body Attuned 15. The Penetrating Light and the
Cross in Efficacy 16. Seeing in Emptiness 17. Beyond Solitude 18. The
Sublime Conclusion Part 6: Interview with Tadao Ando

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Introduction Part 1: Emptiness and Christianity 1. Emptiness within Christianity 2. Return to Emptiness Part 2: The School of Things (Mono-ha) and its Criticism of Modernity 3. The Emergence of the School of Things and Space Design 4. The School of Things and Anti-Semiotics 5. The School of Things and Nothingness Part 3: Nothingness, Shintai and Christian Theology 6. Kitaro Nishida's Philosophy of Nothingness 7. Nothingness and Shintai 8. Nothingness and Christian Theology Part 4: Emptiness and the Cross 8. Emptiness and the Demise of Symbols 9. The Cross between Romanticism and Barbarism 10. Emptiness Filled with Situational Appearance 11. Metaphysical Light and Phenomenological Light 12. Dark, Light and Gold Part 5: Emptiness, the Cross and Shintai 13. Shintai and Corporeality of Architectural Elements 14. Body Attuned 15. The Penetrating Light and the Cross in Efficacy 16. Seeing in Emptiness 17. Beyond Solitude 18. The Sublime Conclusion Part 6: Interview with Tadao Ando