http://www.metafilter.com/tags/Asia+Architecture Posts tagged with 'Asia' and 'Architecture' at MetaFilter. Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:22:27 -0800 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:22:27 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/82344/India%2Dand%2DSouth%2DAsian%2Dresources Dr. Frances W. Pritchett, Professor of Modern Indic Languages at Columbia University, New York, has created <a href="http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00artlinks/">a superb online collection of resources</a>, all about <a href="http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00fwp/#fwp">India and South Asia</a>, its art, history, literature, architecture and culture. Her <a href="http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routes/index.html">Indian Routes</a> section (the <a href="http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routes/index.html">Index page</a>) is a particularly rich resource. Her vast, colorful and informative site also has many great images. Check out her "scrapbook pages" on the <a href="http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1800_1899/princes/princes.html">Princes</a> l the<a href="http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1000_1099/ghaznavids/ghaznavids.html"> Ghaznavids</a> l <a href="http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1800_1899/britishrule/britishrule.html">British Rule</a> l <a href="http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1800_1899/women/women.html">Women's Spaces</a> l <a href="http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1800_1899/hinduism/hinduism.html">Perspectives on Hinduism</a>. Photos of <a href="http://www.urdustudies.com/auinfo/pritchettF.html">Professor Pritchett</a> and her encyclopedic page of links about India/South Asia, <a href="http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00fwp/mgsdemix.html">Morningside Mix</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2009:site.82344 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:22:27 -0800 architecture art Asia Hindi history India Pritchett travel Urdu nickyskye http://www.metafilter.com/60672/Chortens%2DPagodas%2Dand%2DStupas <a href="http://www.stupa.org.nz/stupa/intro.htm">The stupa</a> (aka the <a href=http://www.khandro.net/ritual_stupa_1.htm>chorten</a> or the <a href=http://www.globalpagoda.org/test/whatis.aspx>pagoda</a>) is <a href=http://www.exoticindia.com/article/stupa>Buddhism's universal piece of symbolic architecture</a>. <a href=http://www.buddhanet.net/boro.htm>Borobodur</a> in Java is probably the most famous, while Burma's <a href=http://www.sacredsites.com/asia/burma/rangoon.html>Shwedagon Pagoda</a> is the largest, and the <a href=http://www.mp.haw-hamburg.de/pers/Kaspar-Sickermann/mm/emm005.html>Kyaik-htiyo Pagoda</a> on the <a href=http://www.molon.de/galleries/Myanmar/GoldenRock/>Golden Rock</a> may be the most precarious. They're <a href=http://www.himalayanart.org/pages/amdochorten_files/amdochorten.html>common across the Himalayas</a>, and sometimes <a href=http://www.asianart.com/articles/tashikabum/index.html>hidden in caves</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.60672 Thu, 26 Apr 2007 23:15:38 -0800 Architecture Asia Buddhism Burma Caves Chortens Himalayas Java Pagodas Stupas Symbolism Yoga homunculus http://www.metafilter.com/59325/President%3Fs%2DHouse Welcome to the <a href="http://presidentofindia.nic.in/scripts/rashbhav.html">Rashtrapati Bhavan</a> (inspired <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/57444/Virtual-tour-of-10-Downing-Street">from</a>): tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.59325 Sat, 10 Mar 2007 06:08:01 -0800 Architecture Asia Australia Canada EdwinLandseerLutyens India Lutyens NewZealand NorthAmerica TheBritishEmpire TheCommonwealth hadjiboy http://www.metafilter.com/31139/Asian%2DTradition%2Din%2DArchitecture <a href="http://ata.hannam.ac.kr/title.htm">Asian Tradition in Architecture</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2004:site.31139 Wed, 04 Feb 2004 20:07:07 -0800 architecture asia hama7