World Heritage Monuments and Related Edifices in India [[electronic resource] ] : 500 B/W illustrations
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| Autore: |
Javid Ali
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| Titolo: |
World Heritage Monuments and Related Edifices in India [[electronic resource] ] : 500 B/W illustrations
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Algora Publishing, 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (323 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 709.54 |
| Soggetto topico: | Cultural property |
| Monuments | |
| Mosques | |
| Temples, Hindu | |
| World Heritage areas | |
| Hindu temples - India | |
| Mosques - India | |
| Monuments - India | |
| Cultural property - India | |
| World Heritage areas - India | |
| Architecture | |
| Art, Architecture & Applied Arts | |
| Persona (resp. second.): | JaveedTabassum |
| Jåavåid°Alåi | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Preface; Introduction; Religions of India; Bodh Gaya; Jain Caves at Udayagiri & Khandagiri; Karli and Bhaja Caves; The Great Stupa at Sanchi; Buddhist Caves at Ajanta; Siva Cave at Elephanta; Buddhist Caves at Aurangabad; Early Western Chalukya Monuments At Aihole, Badami, Mahakuta, Alampur and Patadkal; Chalukya II; The Caves at Ellora; Monuments at Malapurum; The Temples at Bhubanesvara; Monuments at Khajuraho; Rajarajeshvara Temple at Tanjur; Statue of Bahubali; Hoysala Temples; The Sun Temple at Konarak; Monuments at Vijayanagara; Monuments at Delhi; Monuments at Agra |
| Monuments at FatahpursikriChurches and Convents at Goa; Glossary; Bibliography | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Hundreds of India's stunning temples are catalogued and copiously illustrated in this two-volume work loaded with color photographs. A brief introduction to the principal religious groups who have made their home in this dynamic region leads into a description of the developmental stages of various architectural components and artistic styles in the different regions over the past 1500 years, from pre-historic cave art and ancient temples hewn out of solid bedrock to more recent European-style Christian churches such as those in Goa. India's religions and historical turning points are briefly |
| Titolo autorizzato: | World Heritage Monuments and Related Edifices in India |
| ISBN: | 1-281-79370-1 |
| 0-87586-484-8 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910782508303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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