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TY - JOUR
T1 - Sacred architectures as monuments
T2 - a study of the Kalkaji Mandir, Delhi
AU - Sutton, Deborah
PY - 2022/9/20
Y1 - 2022/9/20
N2 - This article considers the relationship between architecture, bodies, and custodies in the making of Indian urban monuments. Monuments are created through a combination of design and designation. In this article I explore a religious architecture that is dynamic and iterative and at which monumental designation was attempted and quickly abandoned. I align three issues: what a monument looks like, what a monument does, and how both design and function connect to the custodian regimes at monumental, or potentially monumental, sites. In particular, I am concerned with architectures of divinity, and devotion, as both quotidian and monumental aspects of a city.
AB - This article considers the relationship between architecture, bodies, and custodies in the making of Indian urban monuments. Monuments are created through a combination of design and designation. In this article I explore a religious architecture that is dynamic and iterative and at which monumental designation was attempted and quickly abandoned. I align three issues: what a monument looks like, what a monument does, and how both design and function connect to the custodian regimes at monumental, or potentially monumental, sites. In particular, I am concerned with architectures of divinity, and devotion, as both quotidian and monumental aspects of a city.
KW - Visual Arts and Performing Arts
KW - Architecture
U2 - 10.1017/s1359135522000380
DO - 10.1017/s1359135522000380
M3 - Journal article
VL - 26
SP - 47
EP - 56
JO - Architectural Research Quarterly
JF - Architectural Research Quarterly
SN - 1359-1355
IS - 1
ER -