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Author: George Michell
Publisher: Viking Adult
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 616
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKWritten in guide book form but limited by the vastness and diversity of the country, this work is divided culturally rather than geographically over two volumes. The first covers Hindu, Jain and Buddhist monuments, the second on the legacy of Moslem and European domination.
Author: George Michell
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Published: 1990
Total Pages: 616
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Penguin Guide To The Monuments Of India Is A Unique Work Of Reference And An Absorbing Introduction To The Art, History And Architecture Of This Ancient Civilization. This Second Volume Embraces The Islamic, Rajput And European Monuments Of India, Linking The Symbolism Of These Religions And Cultures To The Architectural Sites Themselves.
Author: George Michell
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Published: 1990
Total Pages: 530
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Publisher: Routledge
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Total Pages: 305
ISBN-13: 1134360541
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Hazel Conway
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2006-03-17
Total Pages: 306
ISBN-13: 1134360533
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA comprehensive introduction to architecture and architectural history and exceptional in its approach, this book explores architecture as a current practice in relation to history and in relation to the wider context of cultures, conservation and the environment. This new edition brings in the new emphasis on sustainability, urbanism, urban regeneration and cultural identity, in order to take a holistic approach to the subject of architecture. Highly illustrated, this book enables the reader to make sense of the experience of architecture and the built environment by understanding more about the form, construction, meaning and history of the subject.
Author: Andrew Petersen
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2002-03-11
Total Pages: 356
ISBN-13: 1134613652
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Dictionary of Islamic Architecture provides the fullest range of artistic, technical, archaeological, cultural and biographical data for the entire geographical and chronological spread of Islamic architecture - from West Africa through the Middle East to Indonesia, and from the seventh to the eighteenth centuries of the Common Era. Over 500 entries are arranged alphabetically and fully cross-referenced and indexed to permit easy access to the text and to link items of related interest. Four main categories of subject matter are explored: * dynastic and regional overviews * individual site descriptions * biographical entries * technical definitions Over 100 relevant plans, sketch maps, photographs and other illustrations complement and illuminate the entries, and the needs of the reader requiring further information are met by individual entry bibliographies.
Author: Trudy Ring
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 980
ISBN-13: 1884964044
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author: Christopher Tadgell
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2015-10-23
Total Pages: 1968
ISBN-13: 1136753834
DOWNLOAD EBOOKContinuing the Architecture in Context series, this second volume narrates the development of architecture across a huge swathe of the world, from the Indian subcontinent to the Japanese archipelago, over a period extending from prehistory to the arrival of Islam and its distinct traditions from the eleventh century onwards. Fantastically illustrated, with over 1,000 photographs and drawings, Christopher Tadgell covers the major architectural traditions of India, China, Thailand and Japan as well as the spectacular architecture of Sri Lanka, Nepal, Korea, Myenmar, Bhutan and Tibet. As with the first volume – Antiquity – The East presents not only the buildings themselves, but the cultures and peoples that they are a part of. Unprecedented in its scope, this volume is a beautiful guide to the fascinating history of Eastern architecture.
Author: Balraj Khanna
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 84
ISBN-13: 9781853322105
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCatalog for the Hayward Gallery's touring exhibition of their show featuring 2000 years of Indian sculpture. This is a distribution-only title for which there are no supporting materials.
Author: Nile Green
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2011-03-21
Total Pages: 345
ISBN-13: 1139496638
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAs a thriving port city, nineteenth-century Bombay attracted migrants from across India and beyond. Nile Green's Bombay Islam traces the ties between industrialization, imperialism and the production of religion to show how Muslim migration fueled demand for a wide range of religious suppliers, as Christian missionaries competed with Muslim religious entrepreneurs for a stake in the new market. Enabled by a colonial policy of non-intervention in religious affairs, and powered by steam travel and vernacular printing, Bombay's Islamic productions were exported as far as South Africa and Iran. Connecting histories of religion, labour and globalization, the book examines the role of ordinary people - mill hands and merchants - in shaping the demand that drove the market. By drawing on hagiographies, travelogues, doctrinal works, and poems in Persian, Urdu and Arabic, Bombay Islam unravels a vernacular modernity that saw people from across the Indian Ocean drawn into Bombay's industrial economy of enchantment.
