Indian Architecture

Author : Satish Grover
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015064769667

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Masterpieces of Traditional Indian Architecture by Satish Grover Pdf

This book takes the reader through the centuries and gives a rich insight into India's heritage and architecture. For years the preserve of scholars, this is a presentation of the myrad forms, school and styles of architecture in an informative yet reader-friendly manner focusing on aspects of Indian aesthetics, principles of engineering, history and philosophies, replete with brilliant visuals and illuminating perspectives.

Author : Margaret Prosser Allen
Publisher : University of Delaware Press
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Decoration and ornament, Architectural
ISBN : 9780874133998

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Ornament in Indian Architecture by Margaret Prosser Allen Pdf

This work visually presents some of India's great architectural achievements viewed by a Westerner as an art form. Strong black and white photographic details of existing buildings, starting with the second century B.C. stupa at S ch and concluding with the Indo-Muslim architecture of the Moghul period, are presented.

Author : G. H. R. Tillotson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2014-04-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136799884

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Paradigms of Indian Architecture by G. H. R. Tillotson Pdf

This book explores conceptions of Indian architecture and how the historical buildings of the subcontinent have been conceived and described. Investigating the design philosophies of architects and styles of analysis by architectural historians, the book explores how systems of design and ideas about aesthetics have governed both the construction of buildings in India and their subsequent interpretation. How did the political directives of the British colonial period shape the manner in which pioneer archaeologists wrote the histories of India's buildings? How might such accounts conflict with indigenous ones, or with historical aesthetics? How might paintings of buildings by British and Indian artists suggest different ways of understanding their subjects? In what ways must we revise our conceptions of space and time to understand the narrative art which adorns India's most ancient monuments? These are among the questions addressed by the contributors to the volume.

Author : Bindia Thapar
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2012-06-26
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781462906420

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Introduction to Indian Architecture by Bindia Thapar Pdf

Take a journey through Indian architecture from the dawn of civilization to the present with this colorful, attractive survey. The architecture of India reflects both the cultural diversity of the subcontinent and its rich political and historical inheritance. In this guide, the various strands of this rich architectural history, from the dawn of civilization to modern times, are beautifully presented in word and picture. Readers are taken on a fascinating tour of Indus Valley civilization, early Vedic traditions, Hindu, Jain, Mughal, regional, colonial and post-independence architectural styles. Themes such as water architecture and the architecture of science also figure prominently, giving many westerners their first glimpse of these styles. The informative text, complemented by 400 photographs, watercolors, maps and plans, provide compelling evidence of India's influence on building design throughout history.

Author : G. H. R. Tillotson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2014-04-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136799815

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Paradigms of Indian Architecture by G. H. R. Tillotson Pdf

This book explores conceptions of Indian architecture and how the historical buildings of the subcontinent have been conceived and described. Investigating the design philosophies of architects and styles of analysis by architectural historians, the book explores how systems of design and ideas about aesthetics have governed both the construction of buildings in India and their subsequent interpretation. How did the political directives of the British colonial period shape the manner in which pioneer archaeologists wrote the histories of India's buildings? How might such accounts conflict with indigenous ones, or with historical aesthetics? How might paintings of buildings by British and Indian artists suggest different ways of understanding their subjects? In what ways must we revise our conceptions of space and time to understand the narrative art which adorns India's most ancient monuments? These are among the questions addressed by the contributors to the volume.

Author : Sanjeev Maheshwari,Rajeev Garg
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 8123907656

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Ancient Indian Architecture by Sanjeev Maheshwari,Rajeev Garg Pdf

Author : Percy Brown
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2013-04-16
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781447494829

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Indian Architecture (The Islamic Period) by Percy Brown Pdf

Few countries possess a richer architectural heritage than India, a country whose buildings are rooted in history, culture, and religion. As a results of India's global discourse with other regions around the world, there have been many influences that have been assimilated into its architecture, producing unique, varied and lively results. This fantastic volume walks the reader through India's history, both architecturally and culturally, exploring its different styles of buildings and providing interesting insights into their origin and evolution. “Indian Architecture” is highly recommended for those with an interest in architecture and Indian history alike. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new introduction on architecture.

Author : Percy Brown
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 655 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04-16
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781447498575

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Indian Architecture (Buddhist and Hindu Period) by Percy Brown Pdf

Few countries possess a richer architectural heritage than India, a country whose buildings are rooted in history, culture, and religion. As a results of India's global discourse with other regions around the world, there have been many influences that have been assimilated into its architecture, producing unique, varied and lively results. This fantastic volume walks the reader through India's history, both architecturally and culturally, exploring its different styles of buildings and providing interesting insights into their origin and evolution. “Indian Architecture” is highly recommended for those with an interest in architecture and Indian history alike. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new introduction on architecture.

Author : Anonymous
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 766 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2023-03-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783368806972

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History of Indian Architecture by Anonymous Pdf

Author : Éléonore Muhidine
Publisher : transcript Verlag
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2023-07-31
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9783839467169

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Indian Architecture in Postcards by Éléonore Muhidine Pdf

Focusing on a private collection of 60 postcards of modern architecture in Mumbai, New Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai and Agra, the contributors to this volume explore the many dimensions of modern architecture in India from the 1890s to the 1970s and share their own perspective on these objects. Experts on architectural history and visual studies, as well as postcard collectors provide new insights into a territory and its architectural heritage which is still largely unknown in Europe, and reflect on the postcard as a medium for historical research.

Author : James Fergusson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1867
Category : Architecture
ISBN : CHI:22686739

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On the Study of Indian Architecture by James Fergusson Pdf

Author : Joy Sen
Publisher : https://copalpublishing.com
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2016-12-02
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9788192473314

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A System's Evaluation of Global History of Indian Architecture by Joy Sen Pdf

Deep within an inner cave (guhahitam) of our existence remains our potential Divinity. It is the place where our reflected sentient being (the First Bird) is trying to probe into to recover the hidden sun. The allegory is evident in the parable of the Cave once preached by the Upanishads and later by the Greek philosopher Plato. The probe is to push forward the First Bird to surge higher in the resplendent celestial blue under the full radiance of the Solar world, which is the Second, resulting in an explosion of an infinite all-pervading Divinity. Till the union and the rapture is attained, there are the two Birds – one, the psychic being, which is within us and the other one, which is the direct portion of the Divine. The direct portion is constantly trying to guide and work within us, so that evolution goes on and on. In the words of Sri Aurobindo, it is the Çhaitya Purusha, the direct portion of the Divine in the human, which is working incessantly till the rapture is activated. Ancient roots are evident in the ancient Swetaswatara Upanishad hailed by the primordial Sage Kapila and coded originally in a later text called the Bhagabat Purana, The Çhaitya Purusha is also the being that is behind the Chitta, Sri Aurobindo says. Millenniums later, the inspired Architects in the most ancient of all Buddhist ages had carved out the sacred idea in form of rock-cut expressions called the Chaitya hall. As the Mahayana Sutra of the foremost Shurangama at the Crown of the Great Buddha says: …the way of practicing the Samadhi is not singular and its actual method of cultivation depends upon the functioning of mind and mental concomitants (Citta-Chaitya pravritti) of each being and their interconnectedness (Mahat)… It is in the recovery or a re-tracing of the two as a DIVINITY that is originally ONE, an individual's journey called evolution and a collective journey called civilization itself are sustained. It is also from the deeper embedded patterns of this journey the gems of the system's foundation can be quarried.

Author : James Fergusson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1867
Category : Architecture
ISBN : BL:A0026360658

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On the study of Indian architecture [a paper]. by James Fergusson Pdf

Author : Thomas R. Metcalf
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015056505707

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An Imperial Vision by Thomas R. Metcalf Pdf

This book looks at the relationship between culture and power expressed in architectural forms employed by the British in India. These buildings reflect the choices made by the British in their politics as imperial rulers.

Author : Adam Hardy
Publisher : Abhinav Publications
Page : 824 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 8170173124

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Indian Temple Architecture by Adam Hardy Pdf