Negotiating modernity and history in Ceylon/Sri Lanka

Robin Jones

Southampton Solent University

Scene in image house, Sri Subodharama Rajamaha Vihara, Colombo, c. 1880

Guest Room, home of Lady de Soysa…Colombo, c. 1900

Landscape garden by Geoffery Bawa, Lunaganga, Sri Lanka, c. 1960-98

Main reception room, home of Geoffrey Bawa, Colombo, c. 1960-98

Geoffrey Bawa, Ceylon Pavilion, Osaka Expo, 1970