02780nam a2200313 i 4500 OSt 20260125123506.0 260125s2023 nyuab erb 001 0 eng 9781350360389 RM 147.44 paperback PPAK eng PPAK rda 23 722.8095951 722.8095951 SPE G Speechley, Soon-Tzu, author. Malayan Classicism : From the Architecture of Empire to Asian Vernacular / Soon-Tzu Speechley New York, NY : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2023 xiv, 233 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Columns and capitals: colonial power and Malaya's capital cities -- Classical monuments for the modern sultan: royal patronage in the Johor Sultanate -- A classical education: schools in British Malaya -- Coarsened or cosmopolitan? re-reading Malaya's residential architecture -- Vestal versions: British Malaya's temples of commerce -- Decline and fall: the supreme court, empress place, and the Kallang aerodrome. "Through a broad range of case studies spanning from imperial monuments to rural residences, Malayan Classicism puts forward a fundamentally new understanding of classical architecture in the Asian colonial context. Across Malaysia and Singapore, thousands of historic buildings are richly ornamented with motifs drawn from Ancient Greece and Rome - as plump volutes, lush acanthus leaves, and neat rows of dentils decorate mosques, palaces, government buildings and innumerable terraced shophouses. These classical details often jostle with ideas drawn from other architectural traditions across Asia in a style that is unique to the region. Presenting the first comprehensive account of what was, prior to World War II, Malaya's most widespread architectural style, Malayan Classicism explores how the classical architecture of the British Empire was transmitted, translated, and transformed in the hands of local builders and architects. Addressing a critical gap in the scholarship, this book charts the metamorphosis of an imperial language of power into a local vernacular style, and provides a new way of reading classical architecture in a post-colonial context that will be applicable throughout the Global South"-- Provided by publisher Architecture Malay Peninsula History Classicism in architecture Malay Peninsula Architecture, Classical Influence Imperialism and architecture Malay Peninsula History ddc B 202839 202839