In Praise of shadows in Western architecture?
Showing posts with label Book #001. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Book #001. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Friday, March 20, 2009
侘寂 (wabi-sabi)
와비사비에 관한 글을 위키에서 퍼왔습니다.Wabi-sabi (侘寂 ) represents a comprehensive Japanese world view or aesthetic centered on the acceptance of transience. The phrase comes from the two words wabi and sabi. The aesthetic is sometimes described as one of beauty that is "imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete" (according to Leonard Koren in his book Wabi-Sabi: for Artists, Designers, Poets and Philosophers). It is a concept derived from the Buddhist assertion of the Three marks of existence (三法印 ,sanbōin), specifically impermanence (無常 ,mujō). Note also that the Japanese word for rust, 錆 is also pronounced sabi (the borrowed Chinese character is different, but the word itself is of assumed common etymology), and there is an obvious semantic connection between these concepts.
Characteristics of the wabi-sabi aesthetic include asymmetry, asperity, simplicity, modesty, intimacy, and suggest a natural process.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Book #001 - In Praise of Shadows : Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
March 2nd 2009 through March 16th 2009In Praise of Shadows (陰翳礼讃 ,In'ei Raisan?) is the title of a short book on aesthetics by the Japanese author and novelist Jun'ichirō Tanizaki. It was translated to English more than 40 years later by Japanese literature academics, Thomas Harper and Edward Seidensticker.
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