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Book Synopsis Indian Islamic Architecture by : John Burton-Page
Download or read book Indian Islamic Architecture written by John Burton-Page and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2008 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The articles by John Burton-Page on Indian Islamic architecture assembled in this volume give an historical overview of the subject, ranging from the mosques and tombs erected by the Delhi sultans in the 13th, 14th and 15th centuries, to the great monuments of the Mughals in the 16th and 17th centuries.
Book Synopsis Islamic Tombs in India by : Fredrick W. Bunce
Download or read book Islamic Tombs in India written by Fredrick W. Bunce and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Book Studies The Architecture And Iconography Of Some 36 Islamic Tombs Belonging To The Period Ad 1230 To 1754. Abounding In Line Drawings, It Makes Examines The Monuments Size, Plan And Elevation, The Techniques Of Their Construction, Masonry And Artisanship, And The Relevance Of Each Monument In The Overall Scheme Of Indo-Islamic Architectural Development.
Book Synopsis Royal Tombs of India by : A. S. Bhalla
Download or read book Royal Tombs of India written by A. S. Bhalla and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Islamic Architecture of Deccan India by : George Michell
Download or read book Islamic Architecture of Deccan India written by George Michell and published by Antique Collector's Club. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The buildings erected in the Deccan region of India belonged to a number of pre-Mughal kingdoms that reigned in the Deccan from the middle of the 14th century onwards [to the 18th century]. The monuments testify to a culture where local and imported ideas, vernacular and pan-Islamic traditions fused and re-interpreted, to create a majestic architectural heritage with exceptional buildings on the edge of the Islamic world. Many are still standing - yet outside this region of peninsular India, they remain largely unknown.General publications on Indian Islamic architecture usually devote a single chapter to the Deccan. Even specialist monographs can only cover a portion of the region, due to the sheer number of sites. While it is impossible to encompass the full breadth of the subject in a single volume, this book aims to embrace the visual diversity of the Deccan without sacrificing the rigour of academic study. Structures of historical or architectural significance are placed in their context, as the authors discuss building typologies, civic facilities and ornamental techniques, from plaster and carved stone to glazed tiles and mural painting. A chapter is dedicated to each principal Deccan site, interweaving the rise and fall of these cities with a pictorial journey through their ruins, and each building is accompanied by an overhead plan view.
Book Synopsis Monumental Matters by : Santhi Kavuri-Bauer
Download or read book Monumental Matters written by Santhi Kavuri-Bauer and published by Duke University Press Books. This book was released on 2011-09-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Built in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, India’s Mughal monuments—including majestic forts, mosques, palaces, and tombs, such as the Taj Mahal—are world renowned for their grandeur and association with the Mughals, the powerful Islamic empire that once ruled most of the subcontinent. In Monumental Matters, Santhi Kavuri-Bauer focuses on the prominent role of Mughal architecture in the construction and contestation of the Indian national landscape. She examines the representation and eventual preservation of the monuments, from their disrepair in the colonial past to their present status as protected heritage sites. Drawing on theories of power, subjectivity, and space, Kavuri-Bauer’s interdisciplinary analysis encompasses Urdu poetry, British landscape painting, imperial archaeological surveys, Indian Muslim identity, and British tourism, as well as postcolonial nation building, World Heritage designations, and conservation mandates. Since Independence, the state has attempted to construct a narrative of Mughal monuments as symbols of a unified, secular nation. Yet modern-day sectarian violence at these sites continues to suggest that India’s Mughal monuments remain the transformative spaces—of social ordering, identity formation, and national reinvention—that they have been for centuries.
Book Synopsis Islam in the Indian Subcontinent by : Annemarie Schimmel
Download or read book Islam in the Indian Subcontinent written by Annemarie Schimmel and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2022-02-22 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Islamic Art and Architecture by : Henri Stierlin
Download or read book Islamic Art and Architecture written by Henri Stierlin and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than five hundred full-color illustrations and reproductions capture a panoramic array of Islamic art and architecture in a study that examines the sources, forms, themes, and symbolism of Islamic artistry, as exemplified in mosques, palaces, landscape architecture, caligraphy, miniature painting, tapestries and textiles, and other artforms.
Download or read book The Indian Muslims written by M. Mujeeb and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1967-01-01 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :Catherine Blanshard Asher Publisher :Cambridge University Press ISBN 13 :9780521267281 Total Pages :416 pages Book Rating :4.2/5 (672 download)
Book Synopsis Architecture of Mughal India by : Catherine Blanshard Asher
Download or read book Architecture of Mughal India written by Catherine Blanshard Asher and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1992-09-24 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the development and spread of architecture under the Mughal emperors who ruled the Indian subcontinent from the early-16th to the mid-19th centuries. The book considers the entire scope of architecture built under the auspices of the imperial Mughals and their subjects.
Book Synopsis Muslim Architecture of South India by : Mehrdad Shokoohy
Download or read book Muslim Architecture of South India written by Mehrdad Shokoohy and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-06-17 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reinterprets the Muslim architecture and urban planning of South India, looking beyond the Deccan to the regions of Tamil Nadu and Kerala - the historic coasts of Coromandel and Malabar. For the first time a detailed survey of the Muslim monuments of the historic ports and towns demonstrates a rich and diverse architectural tradition entirely independent from the better known architecture of North India and the Deccan sultanates. The book, extensively illustrated with photographs and architectural drawings, widens the horizons of our understanding of Muslim India and will no doubt pave new paths for future studies in the field.
Book Synopsis The Topkapi Scroll by : Gülru Necipoğlu
Download or read book The Topkapi Scroll written by Gülru Necipoğlu and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 1996-03-01 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since precious few architectural drawings and no theoretical treatises on architecture remain from the premodern Islamic world, the Timurid pattern scroll in the collection of the Topkapi Palace Museum Library is an exceedingly rich and valuable source of information. In the course of her in-depth analysis of this scroll dating from the late fifteenth or early sixteenth century, Gülru Necipoğlu throws new light on the conceptualization, recording, and transmission of architectural design in the Islamic world between the tenth and sixteenth centuries. Her text has particularly far-reaching implications for recent discussions on vision, subjectivity, and the semiotics of abstract representation. She also compares the Islamic understanding of geometry with that found in medieval Western art, making this book particularly valuable for all historians and critics of architecture. The scroll, with its 114 individual geometric patterns for wall surfaces and vaulting, is reproduced entirely in color in this elegant, large-format volume. An extensive catalogue includes illustrations showing the underlying geometries (in the form of incised “dead” drawings) from which the individual patterns are generated. An essay by Mohammad al-Asad discusses the geometry of the muqarnas and demonstrates by means of CAD drawings how one of the scroll’s patterns could be used co design a three-dimensional vault.
Book Synopsis Hindu Temples, what Happened to Them: A preliminary survey by : Arun Shourie
Download or read book Hindu Temples, what Happened to Them: A preliminary survey written by Arun Shourie and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Delhi, Agra, Fatehpur Sikri: Monuments, Cities and Connected Histories by : Shashank Shekhar Sinha
Download or read book Delhi, Agra, Fatehpur Sikri: Monuments, Cities and Connected Histories written by Shashank Shekhar Sinha and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2021-09-23 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘Very impressive ... It will enrich the understanding of those interested in the history not only about these buildings but also more widely about historical monuments and their preservation’ – Rudrangshu Mukherjee, Chancellor and Professor of History at Ashoka University ‘The first real attempt to bring historical sites and buildings of the past within the reach of the masses ... A must-read for all’ – Syed Ali Nadeem Rezavi, author of Fathpur Sikri Revisited ‘Offers an excellent academic–public interface for the study of monuments, the cities in which they are located, and their extended geocultural connections’ – Rana Safvi, author of The Forgotten Cities of Delhi and Shahjahanabad ‘A book to be read several times, in different ways’ – Swapna Liddle, author of Connaught Place and the Making of New Delhi Delhi, Agra, Fatehpur Sikri, historic cities of legend and lore and home to six UNESCO World Heritage Sites, have captured the imagination of Indians and the world at large for centuries. In this ambitious book, Shashank Shekhar Sinha traces the extraordinary pasts of the three imperial capitals, their monuments, settlements and extended geocultural connections, while presenting a graphic account of the iconic heritage sites – from the life and times of rulers who built them, their survival through periods of war, turmoil and conquests, to their present afterlives. Packed with intriguing and little-known stories about the monuments – busting several myths around them along the way – the book takes us on a journey from the pillared galleries of the mosque at the Qutb Minar complex, the majestic double dome of Humayun’s tomb, the bastions of the impenetrable Agra Fort, the picturesque pavilions at Fatehpur Sikri, the tapering minarets of the Taj Mahal, to finally the Mughal court of the Red Fort, giving us the full measure of their dazzling grandeur. ABOUT THE SERIES Combining powerful storytelling with deep, recent scholarship, the Magnificent Heritage series uses multidisciplinary approaches to showcase a fresh perspective on heritage sites and storied cities, locating them in their larger geographical, sociocultural and historical contexts.
Book Synopsis Islamic Architecture of Deccan by : Rangachar Vasantha
Download or read book Islamic Architecture of Deccan written by Rangachar Vasantha and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Social And Artistic Ingenuities Of The Adil Shahis, Qutb Shahis And Mughals Brought A Fresh Breeze Into This Region And Gave A New Life To Islamic Art In Deccan Specially Rayalaseema Region And Revitalized It Into Fresh Activities, Which Were Undreamed Of In The Preceding Ages. The Most Outstanding Examples Are Siddhi Masood Khan Mosque At Adoni And Baqshi Chabumiya Mosque At Amarapuram, Each One Is Unique In Itself, True To The Architectural Tradition Of The Past. The First Part Of The Book Scans The Geographical, Historical And Religious Background In Which The Islamic Monuments And Its Architecture Progressed In Deccan And Later In The Rayalaseema Region. The Second Part Brings The Monuments (Mosques, Tombs And Dargahs) Into Focus With A Rich Examination Of Its Architectural And Geometrical Patterns With Their Esoteric And Philosophical Values, Analyzing It In Relation To The Adil Shahi, Qutb Shahi And Mughal Tradition Within Which It Was Created. Copiously Illustrated With Colour Plates, Plans And Maps, This Is An Essential Book For Anyone Interested In Islamic Art And Architecture And Is The Perfect Guide To The Enthralling Monuments Of Rayalaseema.
Book Synopsis Imperial Muslims by : Scott S. Reese
Download or read book Imperial Muslims written by Scott S. Reese and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2017-11-22 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In Imperial Muslims we have a tremendously valuable and highly readable contribution, one that has filled a serious gap in our reading of modern Indian Ocean history, and that has also added significant depth to our understanding of Muslim religious life under colonial rule... It is beautifully written, deeply textured, and eminently accessible." -- Fahad Ahmad Bishara, Die Welt des Islams "In Imperial Muslims, the author's ingenious use of British archival sources and Arabic contemporary publications make 19th and early 20th century Aden come alive in front of the readers' eyes. His assertion that at the turn of the century Britain ruled over forty percent of the global Muslim population is enough to explain why Aden is an important case study in providing a window into the social and spiritual life of a Muslim community within the British Empire." -- THANOS PETOURIS, BYS newsletter.
Book Synopsis The Mosques of the Indian Subcontinent by : Fredrick W. Bunce
Download or read book The Mosques of the Indian Subcontinent written by Fredrick W. Bunce and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The spread of Islam in India produced some of the most spectacular monuments, the mosques stand as testimony to the great architectural skill and expertise of the Indian subcontinent through centuries and constitute one of the most important aspects of the rich architectural cultural of the region. This volume showcases some 54 important mosques spread across the Indian subcontinent-from Lahore in modern Pakistan to Gaur in modern West Bengal and from Delhi in the north to Kayalpatnam and Bijapur in South India. It mentions the location of the mosques, their history, structure and plan patterns and discusses various elements of the structures in detail: their entrances, pillars, porticoes, type of mihrab and other aspects. It emphasizes the importance of a particular masjid such as its typifying the mosques of a certain period or dynasty and setting the standard for later masjids in some manner. It presents some other plans and proportional elevations in the appendices for a comparative study. An extremely useful list of Muslim rulers of the Indian subcontinent is provided. With maps and drawings of plans of mosques, the book is a painstaking effort to examine the evolution and iconography of the mosque architecture in the region. The volume will be indispensable for scholars and students of Indo-Islamic architecture.
Book Synopsis Sultans and Mosques by : Perween Hasan
Download or read book Sultans and Mosques written by Perween Hasan and published by I.B. Tauris. This book was released on 2023-11-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before the Mughal style came to dominate the Islamic architecture of the Indian sub-continent, Bengal and its rulers had developed their own forms. The mosque architecture of the Independent Sultanate period (from the 14th to the 16th centuries) represents the most important element of the Islamic architecture of Bengal. This distinctive regional style drew its inspiration from the indigenous vernacular architecture of Bengal, itself heavily influenced by Hindu/Buddhist temple architecture. The early Muslim architecture of Bangladesh is an important but little studied part of the architectural heritage of the Islamic world and the Indian sub-continent. Perween Hasan's work is a most original contribution to this subject.
