000			02780nam a2200313 i 4500
003			OSt
005			20260125123506.0
008			260125s2023 nyuab erb 001 0 eng
020			_a9781350360389 _cRM 147.44 _qpaperback
040			_aPPAK _beng _cPPAK _erda
082	0	4	_223 _a722.8095951
090	0	0	_a722.8095951 _bSPE _dG
100	1		_aSpeechley, Soon-Tzu, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aMalayan Classicism : _bFrom the Architecture of Empire to Asian Vernacular / _cSoon-Tzu Speechley
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bBloomsbury Visual Arts, _c2023
300			_axiv, 233 pages : _billustrations, maps ; _c23 cm
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_tColumns and capitals: colonial power and Malaya's capital cities -- _tClassical monuments for the modern sultan: royal patronage in the Johor Sultanate -- _tA classical education: schools in British Malaya -- _tCoarsened or cosmopolitan? re-reading Malaya's residential architecture -- _t Vestal versions: British Malaya's temples of commerce -- _tDecline and fall: the supreme court, empress place, and the Kallang aerodrome.
520			_a"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"-- _cProvided by publisher
650	1	0	_aArchitecture _zMalay Peninsula _xHistory
650	2	0	_aClassicism in architecture _zMalay Peninsula
650	2	0	_aArchitecture, Classical _xInfluence
650	2	0	_aImperialism and architecture _zMalay Peninsula
655		7	_aHistory
942			_2ddc _cB
999			_c202839 _d202839