Nothingness

Nothingness

by Baek, Jin

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Based around an interview with Tadao Ando, this book explores the influence of the Buddhist concept of nothingness on Ando's Christian architecture, and sheds new light on the cultural significance of the buildings of one of the world's leading contemporary architects. Specifically, this book situates Ando's churches, particularly his world-renowned Church of the Light (1989), within the legacy of nothingness expounded by Kitaro Nishida (1870-1945), the father of the Kyoto Philosophical School.…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Nothingness.

Summary

Based around an interview with Tadao Ando, this book explores the influence of the Buddhist concept of nothingness on Ando's Christian architecture, and sheds new light on the cultural significance of the buildings of one of the world's leading contemporary architects. Specifically, this book situates Ando's churches, particularly his world-renowned Church of the Light (1989), within the legacy of nothingness expounded by Kitaro Nishida (1870-1945), the father of the Kyoto Philosophical School. Linking Ando's Christian architecture with a philosophy originating in Mahayana Buddhism illuminates the relationship between the two religious systems, as well as tying Ando's architecture to the influence of Nishida on post-war Japanese art and culture.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2009.
  • Edition:1

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Taylor and Francis
  • Place of Publication:Hoboken
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2009.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (225 pages)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780203642818, 0203642813
  • oclc:on1058193113
  • LC Classification:NA1559.A5B34 2009
  • Dewey Decimal:726.5092

Table of Contents

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 Emptiness and Christianity; Chapter 2 The School of Things (Mono-ha) and its Criticism of Modernity; Chapter 3 Nothingness, Shintai and Christian Theology; Chapter 4 Emptiness and the Cross; Chapter 5 Emptiness, the Cross and Shintai; Conclusion; Appendix Interview with Tadao Ando; Index.

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Subjects

Ando, Tadao Ando, Tadao -- Criticism and interpreta… Architecture -- History -- 20th century… Architecture and philosophy -- Japan Architecture and religion Nothing (Philosophy)

Writers

Baek, Jin

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