The aesthetic tendencies of early modernity in South-East Asia: the hybrid language of aristocratic palaces of the early 1900s in Malaysia

Jahn Kassim, Puteri Shireen and Mohd Nawawi, Norwina and Abdul Majid, Noor Hanita and Raja Abdul Kadir, Tengku Anis Qarihah and Abdullah, Alias (2018) The aesthetic tendencies of early modernity in South-East Asia: the hybrid language of aristocratic palaces of the early 1900s in Malaysia. In: 7th International Seminar On Nusantara Heritage 2018 (7th ISoNH 2018), 23rd Oct. 2018, Kota Bharu, Kelantan.

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Abstract

South-East Asian ‘Nusantara’ architecture , in the post-colonial era, is characterized by a historical cleavage between a ‘modern’ present and a ‘traditional’ past. The paper attempts to bridge this rupture through mapping early modernist stylistic tendencies in Malay palaces and characterizing their development through an evolvement of modernizing strands in their hybrid language. In Malaysia, a rupture between a traditional ‘pre –modern’ era and the post-independence period can be bridged by tracing the stylistic evolution which are observed in hybrid cases of palatial design, seen as the public monuments of its time. This evolution representing episodes of early ‘modernity’ s as observed during the late 1800s and early 1900s. They represent tendencies that are pulled into two different directions of modernity – one end by imported styles – and the other, by local traditions rooted in the Malay culture and polity. Irrevocable changes was spurred from the 1800s onwards due to the pressure of external forces, which consequently brought to the final phase of the evolution of the local endemic (Malay) style before a total stylistic change in the aesthetic style of public buildings had overcome the traditional language and type forms.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Plenary Papers)
Additional Information:	2521/67400
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Early Modernism, South East Asian Architecture, Traditional palaces, Localized Styles, Malay Architectural Language, Aristocratic Architecture.
Subjects:	N Fine Arts > NA Architecture N Fine Arts > NA Architecture > NA1 General N Fine Arts > NA Architecture > NA190 History
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Design Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Design > Department of Architecture Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Design > Department of Applied Arts and Design
Depositing User:	Dr puteri shireen jahnkassim
Date Deposited:	07 Jan 2019 13:55
Last Modified:	17 Jan 2019 11:43
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/67400

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