Landscapes in India
Subtitle: forms and meanings
By: Amita Sinha.
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Boulder, CO
Language: eng
Number of pages: 228
Subjects: Landscape architecture -- India
Description: "In Landscapes in India, Amita Sinha shows that landscapes can be read like languages, as arrangements of symbols that reveal cultural values. South Asian landscapes - rich with formalized symbols, from the Cosmic Tree in Buddhist landscapes to cities patterned on mandalas - offer a training ground for reading landscapes everywhere."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Landscape archetypes; title: Nature: a transcendentalist view; title: Natural archetypes; title: Nature in Ramayana; title: Landscapes and the Ramayana legend; title: Sacred landscape of Braj; title: The cosmic tree in Buddhist landscapes; title: Kalika at Pavagadh: landscape of the mother goddess; title: Spatial archetypes; title: Design of settlements in Vaastu Shastras; title: Social and spatial order in villages; title: The void as center: courtyard dwellings; title: Archetypes and design; title: Implication for pilgrimage sites; title: Implication for environmental design; title: Visions for the future.