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Books > Arts & Architecture > Architecture > General
Cultural heritage identifies and preserves past achievements for
the benefit of future generations. Examining the extent to which
heritage preservation is feasible in an era governed by modernism
and globalization is essential for both regional development and
cultural conservation. Conservation, Restoration, and Analysis of
Architectural and Archaeological Heritage provides innovative
insights into digital technologies that have produced important
methodological changes in the documentation, analysis, and
conservation of cultural heritage. The content within this
publication represents the work of digital restoration, inclusive
communication, and reality-based representation. It is a vital
reference source for software developers, sociologists,
policymakers, tourism managers, and academicians seeking coverage
on digital technologies and data processing in cultural heritage.
Cross-cultural relations are spatial relations. Enclave to Urbanity
is the first book in English that examines how the architecture and
the urban landscape of Guangzhou framed the relations between the
Western mercantile and missionary communities and the city's
predominantly Chinese population. The book takes readers through
three phases: the Thirteen Factories era from the eighteenth
century to the 1850s; the Shamian enclave up to the early twentieth
century; and the adoption of Western building techniques throughout
the city as its architecture modernized in the early Republic. The
discussion of architecture goes beyond stylistic trends to embrace
the history of shared and disputed spaces, using a broadly
chronological approach that combines social history with
architectural and spatial analysis. With nearly a hundred carefully
chosen images, this book illustrates how the foreign architectural
footprints of the past form the modern Guangzhou.
Volume 7 of Walter Spink's monumental and still controversial study
of the famous Ajanta caves considers the many connections between
the Bagh caves and its "sister site", Ajanta, particularly
emphasizing the leading role that Bagh plays in the crucial matter
of Buddhist shrine development and the transition from the aniconic
to iconic forms of worship. He also explains the relationships
between certain caves and solstices, as well as changing
technologies, especially in the development of the door fittings in
the monks' cells.
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