2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Study on the Evaluation of Japanese Architecture in the Age of Western Arts and Crafts Movement
Project/Area Number |
25420678
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Section | 一般 |
Research Field |
Architectural history/Design
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Research Institution | Tokyo Denki University |
Principal Investigator |
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Project Period (FY) |
2013-04-01 – 2018-03-31
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Keywords | アーツ・アンド・クラフツ運動 |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The western architects' evaluation of Japanese architecture in the age of arts and crafts movement was first motivated by the curiosity in exoticism, but gradually promoted by the nationalism and the desire for modern style. Ralph Adams Cram’s architectural book, “Impressions of Japanese Architecture”, reflects this trend. His appreciation of 7-12 centuries Japanese temples and shrines, was characterized by using the word ("logical", "honest") in order to emphasis the modern quality of wooden construction. In this architectural ideology, or, in the seeking of American national and future style, the evaluation of Japanese architecture became even associated with the new organic architecture.
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Free Research Field |
建築史
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