Abstract
This study considers the reasons and justifications of socioeconomic, cultural, political, and intellectual realms of Bengal from theoretical and critical basis. Such historical research reintroduces a poet who already defined and shaped a nation’s identity and his constructed concept also reached in architectural realm which never brought to light previously. An exposition for the findings related to the dwellings of Rabindranath Tagore, at Santiniketan could be the clue as he is considered one of the modern Bengal‘s foremost personalities. As punitive method, the inquiries regarding an architectural perspective, reveal more than a few ideologies and approaches of Tagore‘s literary mind, based on historical context as well as his personal philosophy. The paucity of Tagore‘s direct references to his houses in his writings makes it imperative to rely on in-situ analyses. Written allusions about space and architecture in his poems and dramas constructed the literature review of the study. In doing so, the paper endeavors to comprehend the immense potential for appreciating Tagore’s less-highlighted genius of architectural creations. Placing these findings within contemporaneous endeavors might help us for discover Bengal as pan-Asian leading position. As the then British colonized nation, the analysis of this study shows how regional modernism silently flourished through architecture under Tagore‘s prophecy.
Presenters
Ahmed SayedAssistant Professor, Architecture, Leading University, Sylhet zila, Bangladesh
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
KEYWORDS
RABINDRANATH TAGORE, BENGAL ART, BENGAL ARCHITECTURE, SHANTINIKETON, NATIONAL IDENTITY
