Background
Meister, Michael William was born on August 20, 1942 in West Palm Beach, Florida, United States. Son of Charles Michael and Dorothy May (Beaver) Meister.
(Coomaraswamy's contribution to the history of architectur...)
Coomaraswamy's contribution to the history of architecture in India was limited but profound. In particular, his probing analysis of texts and sculpted reliefs in order to reconstruct the extraordinary architecture of early India was an act of great scholarship. This volume for the first time brings together four major essays along with Coomaraswamy's analysis of "Indian Architectural Terms." An introductory essay by Michael W. Meister on "The Language and Process of Early Indian Architecture" connects Coomaraswamy's foundational essays with more recent scholarship on the origination of India's vast tradition of temple architecture. An afterword by Joseph Rykwert on "Adam's House and Hermit Huts" presents the view of a major Western architectural historian.
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Meister, Michael William was born on August 20, 1942 in West Palm Beach, Florida, United States. Son of Charles Michael and Dorothy May (Beaver) Meister.
Bachelor, Harvard University, 1964. Master of Arts, 1971. Doctor of Philosophy, 1971.
Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), University Pennsylvania, 1979.
Assistant professor art University Texas, Austin, 1974—1976. Assistant professor University Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1976—1979. Associate professor, 1979—1987.
Professor, since 1988. Board directors American Committee S. Asian Art, 1976—1979, 1983—1986. Member art committee American Institute Indian Studies, Chicago, since 1978.
Board scholars S. Asia Religious Art Studies, Reading, England, since 1982.
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Member of Association Asian Studies.
Married Norma Jean Chatfield, August 17, 1970 (divorced June 1974). Married Adele Naude Santos.