Learning Chinese: Walter A. Taylor, an American Architect in China (1923–27)
The American architect Walter A. Taylor, who was an Episcopal missionary in China from 1923 to 1927, intended to ‘desig[n] churches and other buildings that were Chinese and belonged to China’. Taylor found himself at a crossroads, between Christian architecture in his home country, the USA, which w...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2021
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Journal of Anglican studies
Année: 2022, Volume: 20, Numéro: 1, Pages: 40-66 |
| RelBib Classification: | AF Géographie religieuse CE Art chrétien KAJ Époque contemporaine KBM Asie KBQ Amérique du Nord KDE Église anglicane |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Walter A. Taylor
B China B Gothic revival B Indigenization B Christian Architecture |
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| Résumé: | The American architect Walter A. Taylor, who was an Episcopal missionary in China from 1923 to 1927, intended to ‘desig[n] churches and other buildings that were Chinese and belonged to China’. Taylor found himself at a crossroads, between Christian architecture in his home country, the USA, which was experiencing a time of transition, and the birth of the Chinese Republic and its strong rejection of Western hegemony. This article investigates how Taylor tried to undertake his task, where he found inspiration and what this indigenized architecture looked like. I argue that, although his work aimed at participating in the shift towards indigenization, it bore the signs of Chinese culture as seen through the eyes of a Westerner and imperialism. |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5278 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Journal of Anglican studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S1740355321000061 |
