Nicholas P. Cushner
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- September 2006
- ISBN:
- 9780195307566
- eISBN:
- 9780199784936
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0195307569.003.0008
- Subject:
- Religion, History of Christianity
The visual presentations of the new religion were found mainly in the colonial art and architecture of Christian churches. Workshops functioned as places where native artisans could learn the new ...
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The visual presentations of the new religion were found mainly in the colonial art and architecture of Christian churches. Workshops functioned as places where native artisans could learn the new motifs that were current in places of worship. Jesuit schools, following the European tradition of Jesuit Theatre, enacted plays that provided entertainment but were didactic as well.Less
The visual presentations of the new religion were found mainly in the colonial art and architecture of Christian churches. Workshops functioned as places where native artisans could learn the new motifs that were current in places of worship. Jesuit schools, following the European tradition of Jesuit Theatre, enacted plays that provided entertainment but were didactic as well.
Thomas R. Metcalf
- Published in print:
- 1999
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198205661
- eISBN:
- 9780191676741
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198205661.003.0037
- Subject:
- History, World Modern History, British and Irish Modern History
Any assessment of architecture within the British Empire must take into account both the historic monuments of the colonized territories and colonial architecture. The notion of decline at once made ...
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Any assessment of architecture within the British Empire must take into account both the historic monuments of the colonized territories and colonial architecture. The notion of decline at once made possible an appreciation of India’s ancient architecture, and yet, as the two cultures diverged ever more dramatically, paved the way for British colonial conquest. As the Empire expanded across the globe, the British themselves, as settlers and as rulers, erected a wide range of structures, in a variety of architectural styles, in the colonies they established. In Britain, the 1980s saw an outpouring of celebratory writing on the architecture of Empire. In general, the historiography of the architecture of the British Empire, together with that of its art and the larger colonial culture in which both were embedded, is fast being transformed.Less
Any assessment of architecture within the British Empire must take into account both the historic monuments of the colonized territories and colonial architecture. The notion of decline at once made possible an appreciation of India’s ancient architecture, and yet, as the two cultures diverged ever more dramatically, paved the way for British colonial conquest. As the Empire expanded across the globe, the British themselves, as settlers and as rulers, erected a wide range of structures, in a variety of architectural styles, in the colonies they established. In Britain, the 1980s saw an outpouring of celebratory writing on the architecture of Empire. In general, the historiography of the architecture of the British Empire, together with that of its art and the larger colonial culture in which both were embedded, is fast being transformed.
Sara Mills
- Published in print:
- 2005
- Published Online:
- July 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780719053351
- eISBN:
- 9781781702284
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Manchester University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7228/manchester/9780719053351.003.0004
- Subject:
- Literature, 20th-century and Contemporary Literature
This chapter takes a look at the way that colonial architecture structures the way that spatial relations are considered. The discussion focuses on the domestic architecture of the bungalow and the ...
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This chapter takes a look at the way that colonial architecture structures the way that spatial relations are considered. The discussion focuses on the domestic architecture of the bungalow and the impact this had on the social relations between Indians and the Anglo-Indians. This chapter also analyses the specificity of colonial public and domestic architecture, while focusing on the way that these forms of architecture evolved out of a complex relationship with both indigenous and metropolitan styles of architecture.Less
This chapter takes a look at the way that colonial architecture structures the way that spatial relations are considered. The discussion focuses on the domestic architecture of the bungalow and the impact this had on the social relations between Indians and the Anglo-Indians. This chapter also analyses the specificity of colonial public and domestic architecture, while focusing on the way that these forms of architecture evolved out of a complex relationship with both indigenous and metropolitan styles of architecture.
Preeti Chopra
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- August 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780816670369
- eISBN:
- 9781452947105
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816670369.003.0002
- Subject:
- Architecture, Architectural History
This chapter explores the architectural style of Bombay during the period roughly between the second half of the nineteenth century and World War I, a period when most of Bombay's public institutions ...
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This chapter explores the architectural style of Bombay during the period roughly between the second half of the nineteenth century and World War I, a period when most of Bombay's public institutions were founded and the city's image as a Gothic Revival capital was established. It argues that the imperial styles—particularly Gothic Revival—of Bombay reflect the joint partnership between architects, engineers, craftsmen, native philanthropists, and the colonial government, as well as the new public arena they created, rather than simply the virtues of the colonial regime. It also shows what Bombay's Gothic Revival architecture meant to the colonial elite and its native population more generally.Less
This chapter explores the architectural style of Bombay during the period roughly between the second half of the nineteenth century and World War I, a period when most of Bombay's public institutions were founded and the city's image as a Gothic Revival capital was established. It argues that the imperial styles—particularly Gothic Revival—of Bombay reflect the joint partnership between architects, engineers, craftsmen, native philanthropists, and the colonial government, as well as the new public arena they created, rather than simply the virtues of the colonial regime. It also shows what Bombay's Gothic Revival architecture meant to the colonial elite and its native population more generally.
Yukiko Koga
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- May 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780226411941
- eISBN:
- 9780226412276
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226412276.003.0002
- Subject:
- Anthropology, Asian Cultural Anthropology
“Inheritance and Betrayal: Historical Preservation and Colonial Nostalgia in Harbin” shows the dynamics of inheritance and betrayal as they play out in the politics surrounding historical ...
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“Inheritance and Betrayal: Historical Preservation and Colonial Nostalgia in Harbin” shows the dynamics of inheritance and betrayal as they play out in the politics surrounding historical preservation of colonial-era architecture in Harbin, China, built mostly by Russians and Japanese in the beginning of the twentieth-century and the ensuing nostalgia industry related to “Old Harbin,” as locals affectionately refer to Harbin during the era of colonialism. The chapter explores the heated and public “historians’ debate” on Harbin’s colonial origin in preparation for the city’s ill-fated centenary celebration in 1998, a concomitant photography exhibition on the history of Old Harbin in the beautifully restored cathedral in the center of the city, and the virtual resurrection of Russian-built St. Nicholas Church, destroyed during the Cultural Revolution. We see how the Harbin municipal government’s capitalization on colonial inheritance through preservation unintentionally questioned the legitimacy of the party-state and called forth an unexpected ghost of a different sort––the Cultural Revolution. Through the dynamics of inheritance and betrayal, the case of Harbin illustrates how multi-layered losses from different historical sediments––losses from colonialism, socialism, and postsocialism––unexpectedly emerge through the capitalization of colonial inheritance.Less
“Inheritance and Betrayal: Historical Preservation and Colonial Nostalgia in Harbin” shows the dynamics of inheritance and betrayal as they play out in the politics surrounding historical preservation of colonial-era architecture in Harbin, China, built mostly by Russians and Japanese in the beginning of the twentieth-century and the ensuing nostalgia industry related to “Old Harbin,” as locals affectionately refer to Harbin during the era of colonialism. The chapter explores the heated and public “historians’ debate” on Harbin’s colonial origin in preparation for the city’s ill-fated centenary celebration in 1998, a concomitant photography exhibition on the history of Old Harbin in the beautifully restored cathedral in the center of the city, and the virtual resurrection of Russian-built St. Nicholas Church, destroyed during the Cultural Revolution. We see how the Harbin municipal government’s capitalization on colonial inheritance through preservation unintentionally questioned the legitimacy of the party-state and called forth an unexpected ghost of a different sort––the Cultural Revolution. Through the dynamics of inheritance and betrayal, the case of Harbin illustrates how multi-layered losses from different historical sediments––losses from colonialism, socialism, and postsocialism––unexpectedly emerge through the capitalization of colonial inheritance.
Victoria L. Evans
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- January 2018
- ISBN:
- 9781474409391
- eISBN:
- 9781474434737
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Edinburgh University Press
- DOI:
- 10.3366/edinburgh/9781474409391.003.0007
- Subject:
- Film, Television and Radio, Film
Since every stage of Ron Kirby and Carey Scott's relationship is marked by alterations in their domestic environments, Chapter 6 ("Back to the Future: Modernist Architecture and All That Heaven ...
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Since every stage of Ron Kirby and Carey Scott's relationship is marked by alterations in their domestic environments, Chapter 6 ("Back to the Future: Modernist Architecture and All That Heaven Allows") explores some of the conflicting social and cultural connotations that have been encoded into their respective dwellings. For instance, Ron's progressive renovation of the Old Mill recapitulates the history of twentieth-century Modernist architecture in reverse. The final incarnation of this structure evokes Le Corbusier's Machine Age villas of the 1920s rather than Frank Lloyd Wright's more organic mid-century Modernist aesthetic, which dissents from the dominant 1950s American view of the ideal home by suggesting a less materialistic way of life. By contrast, Carey's suburban Colonial Revival residence represents the negation of the freedom from traditional conventions that Ron's living space ultimately implies.Less
Since every stage of Ron Kirby and Carey Scott's relationship is marked by alterations in their domestic environments, Chapter 6 ("Back to the Future: Modernist Architecture and All That Heaven Allows") explores some of the conflicting social and cultural connotations that have been encoded into their respective dwellings. For instance, Ron's progressive renovation of the Old Mill recapitulates the history of twentieth-century Modernist architecture in reverse. The final incarnation of this structure evokes Le Corbusier's Machine Age villas of the 1920s rather than Frank Lloyd Wright's more organic mid-century Modernist aesthetic, which dissents from the dominant 1950s American view of the ideal home by suggesting a less materialistic way of life. By contrast, Carey's suburban Colonial Revival residence represents the negation of the freedom from traditional conventions that Ron's living space ultimately implies.
Ian Lochhead and Paul Walker
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- October 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780198713326
- eISBN:
- 9780191781766
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198713326.003.0011
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History, Cultural History
New Zealand’s first architecture was shaped by the country’s geographical remoteness, its seismically active geology and its natural abundance of timber. Māori settlers, from around 1250–1300 CE, ...
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New Zealand’s first architecture was shaped by the country’s geographical remoteness, its seismically active geology and its natural abundance of timber. Māori settlers, from around 1250–1300 CE, developed a unique timber architecture embellished with decorative carving. British colonization from 1840 resulted in timber variants of contemporary Victorian building types being erected in the principal settlements, although by the 1870s these were being replaced by brick and stone structures. Wooden Gothic Revival churches were a distinctive feature of the colony. British influences remained strong into the early twentieth century but were supplanted, after World War I, by American technological Modernism. Adoption of European Modernism, from the 1930s onwards, paralleled growing political independence. The search for a local modern architecture became a dominant theme of the 1950s.Less
New Zealand’s first architecture was shaped by the country’s geographical remoteness, its seismically active geology and its natural abundance of timber. Māori settlers, from around 1250–1300 CE, developed a unique timber architecture embellished with decorative carving. British colonization from 1840 resulted in timber variants of contemporary Victorian building types being erected in the principal settlements, although by the 1870s these were being replaced by brick and stone structures. Wooden Gothic Revival churches were a distinctive feature of the colony. British influences remained strong into the early twentieth century but were supplanted, after World War I, by American technological Modernism. Adoption of European Modernism, from the 1930s onwards, paralleled growing political independence. The search for a local modern architecture became a dominant theme of the 1950s.
Liora Bigon
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- September 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780719099359
- eISBN:
- 9781526109736
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Manchester University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7228/manchester/9780719099359.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, Imperialism and Colonialism
This book deals with the planning culture and architectural endeavours that shaped the model space of French colonial Dakar, a prominent city in West Africa. With a focus on the period from the ...
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This book deals with the planning culture and architectural endeavours that shaped the model space of French colonial Dakar, a prominent city in West Africa. With a focus on the period from the establishment of the city in the mid-nineteenth century until the interwar years, our involvement with the design of Dakar as a regional capital reveals a multiplicity of ‘top-down’ and ‘bottom-up’ dynamics. These include a variety of urban politics, policies, practices and agencies, and complex negotiations at both the physical and conceptual levels. The study of the extra-European planning history of Europe has been a burgeoning field in scholarly literature, especially in the last few decades. There is a clear tendency within this literature, however, to focus on the more privileged colonies in the contemporary colonial order of preference, such as British India and the French colonies in North Africa. Colonial urban space in sub-Saharan Africa has accordingly been addressed less. With a rich variety of historical material and visual evidence, the book incorporates both primary and secondary sources, collected from multilateral channels in Europe and Senegal. It includes an analysis of a variety of planning and architectural models, both metropolitan and indigenous. Of interest to scholars in history, geography, architecture, urban planning, African studies and Global South studies – this book is also one of the pioneers in attesting to the connection between the French colonial doctrines of assimilation and association and French colonial planning and architectural policies in sub-Saharan Africa.Less
This book deals with the planning culture and architectural endeavours that shaped the model space of French colonial Dakar, a prominent city in West Africa. With a focus on the period from the establishment of the city in the mid-nineteenth century until the interwar years, our involvement with the design of Dakar as a regional capital reveals a multiplicity of ‘top-down’ and ‘bottom-up’ dynamics. These include a variety of urban politics, policies, practices and agencies, and complex negotiations at both the physical and conceptual levels. The study of the extra-European planning history of Europe has been a burgeoning field in scholarly literature, especially in the last few decades. There is a clear tendency within this literature, however, to focus on the more privileged colonies in the contemporary colonial order of preference, such as British India and the French colonies in North Africa. Colonial urban space in sub-Saharan Africa has accordingly been addressed less. With a rich variety of historical material and visual evidence, the book incorporates both primary and secondary sources, collected from multilateral channels in Europe and Senegal. It includes an analysis of a variety of planning and architectural models, both metropolitan and indigenous. Of interest to scholars in history, geography, architecture, urban planning, African studies and Global South studies – this book is also one of the pioneers in attesting to the connection between the French colonial doctrines of assimilation and association and French colonial planning and architectural policies in sub-Saharan Africa.
Charles Montgomery
- Published in print:
- 2002
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780520229716
- eISBN:
- 9780520927377
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520229716.003.0008
- Subject:
- History, American History: 19th Century
The Cuarto Centennial paid tribute to multiple strands of the upper Rio Grande's modern Spanish heritage. As the summer of 1940 approached, Spanish colonial art and architecture, village folkways, ...
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The Cuarto Centennial paid tribute to multiple strands of the upper Rio Grande's modern Spanish heritage. As the summer of 1940 approached, Spanish colonial art and architecture, village folkways, and the Santa Fe Fiesta were all brought into the promotional spotlight. The image of Coronado as noble civilizer quickly spread beyond the inner circle of exposition organizers. Coronado's memorable quest for gold was incidental to interests of Anglo cattle ranchers, farm, railroad, and mine owners, and real estate developers. As the failure of the Coronado Cuarto Centennial Exposition makes plain, Spanish colonial symbolism may have intrigued the occasional traveler and big city critic, but its potency was limited to the upper Rio Grande. Just as the racial and cultural character of los paisanos has always divided Hispano New Mexico from the modern American nation, it was the Spanish revival that helped to close the gap.Less
The Cuarto Centennial paid tribute to multiple strands of the upper Rio Grande's modern Spanish heritage. As the summer of 1940 approached, Spanish colonial art and architecture, village folkways, and the Santa Fe Fiesta were all brought into the promotional spotlight. The image of Coronado as noble civilizer quickly spread beyond the inner circle of exposition organizers. Coronado's memorable quest for gold was incidental to interests of Anglo cattle ranchers, farm, railroad, and mine owners, and real estate developers. As the failure of the Coronado Cuarto Centennial Exposition makes plain, Spanish colonial symbolism may have intrigued the occasional traveler and big city critic, but its potency was limited to the upper Rio Grande. Just as the racial and cultural character of los paisanos has always divided Hispano New Mexico from the modern American nation, it was the Spanish revival that helped to close the gap.
Jeremy Tambling and Louis Lo
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9789622099371
- eISBN:
- 9789882207660
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5790/hongkong/9789622099371.003.0007
- Subject:
- History, Asian History
This chapter discusses the defences and colonial architecture that were built in Macao. It is composed of walls that run from one end of Macao to the other; for example, the walls to the north run ...
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This chapter discusses the defences and colonial architecture that were built in Macao. It is composed of walls that run from one end of Macao to the other; for example, the walls to the north run down to the Inner Harbour as a defence against the north. Aside from the walls that frame the city, there were fourteen fortresses that were built in the seventeenth century. The most significant of these is Guia, which was built to help defend Macao from piracy. The vaulting in the main chapel features trompe l'oeil effects, which is at the heart of baroque.Less
This chapter discusses the defences and colonial architecture that were built in Macao. It is composed of walls that run from one end of Macao to the other; for example, the walls to the north run down to the Inner Harbour as a defence against the north. Aside from the walls that frame the city, there were fourteen fortresses that were built in the seventeenth century. The most significant of these is Guia, which was built to help defend Macao from piracy. The vaulting in the main chapel features trompe l'oeil effects, which is at the heart of baroque.
Stuart Wolfendale
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- September 2013
- ISBN:
- 9789888139873
- eISBN:
- 9789888180738
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5790/hongkong/9789888139873.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, Asian History
Founded in 1849, St John’s Cathedral is the oldest neo-gothic cathedral in East Asia and China’s oldest surviving Anglican church still in operation. In its early decades it was a centre of colonial ...
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Founded in 1849, St John’s Cathedral is the oldest neo-gothic cathedral in East Asia and China’s oldest surviving Anglican church still in operation. In its early decades it was a centre of colonial life in Hong Kong. More recently, it has opened itself widely to other communities in Hong Kong, becoming a truly international church with services held in several languages. Drawing on extensive archives, and written in a lively style, this first comprehensive history of St John’s traces the cathedral’s roles as a colonial parish church and as a bishop’s seat for a diocese that once covered the whole of China and beyond. It also discusses St John’s significance as a centre of worship for a modern cosmopolitan community.Less
Founded in 1849, St John’s Cathedral is the oldest neo-gothic cathedral in East Asia and China’s oldest surviving Anglican church still in operation. In its early decades it was a centre of colonial life in Hong Kong. More recently, it has opened itself widely to other communities in Hong Kong, becoming a truly international church with services held in several languages. Drawing on extensive archives, and written in a lively style, this first comprehensive history of St John’s traces the cathedral’s roles as a colonial parish church and as a bishop’s seat for a diocese that once covered the whole of China and beyond. It also discusses St John’s significance as a centre of worship for a modern cosmopolitan community.
Lawrence E. Babits and Stephanie Gandulla (eds)
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- May 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780813049069
- eISBN:
- 9780813046990
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813049069.001.0001
- Subject:
- Archaeology, Historical Archaeology
Based on papers presented at the Society for Historical Archaeology meeting in Williamsburg, Virginia, the chapters in this edited volume detail results of archaeological investigations at several ...
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Based on papers presented at the Society for Historical Archaeology meeting in Williamsburg, Virginia, the chapters in this edited volume detail results of archaeological investigations at several fortifications associated with the French and Indian War (1754–1763). The fort sites extend from the southern frontier (the Carolinas and Tennessee) to the Great Lakes and encompass individual farmsteads as well as colonial posts projecting imperial power in disputed zones. While most of these forts were short lived, some, such as Michilimackinac and Frontenac, survived for extended periods. This text does not claim to present a complete archaeological overview but is instead topically representative of work being done on both major and minor French and Indian War fort sites. Generalized comparison of artifact assemblages is included, along with a glossary and an extensive bibliography of the period’s archaeological resources.Less
Based on papers presented at the Society for Historical Archaeology meeting in Williamsburg, Virginia, the chapters in this edited volume detail results of archaeological investigations at several fortifications associated with the French and Indian War (1754–1763). The fort sites extend from the southern frontier (the Carolinas and Tennessee) to the Great Lakes and encompass individual farmsteads as well as colonial posts projecting imperial power in disputed zones. While most of these forts were short lived, some, such as Michilimackinac and Frontenac, survived for extended periods. This text does not claim to present a complete archaeological overview but is instead topically representative of work being done on both major and minor French and Indian War fort sites. Generalized comparison of artifact assemblages is included, along with a glossary and an extensive bibliography of the period’s archaeological resources.
