كتاب
The complete Taj Mahal: and the riverfront gardens of Agra
| العنوان: | The complete Taj Mahal: and the riverfront gardens of Agra Taj Mahal |
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| المؤلفون: | Koch, Ebba. |
| المساهمون: | Barraud, Richard André. |
| بيانات النشر: | London : Thames & Hudson, 2006. |
| سنة النشر: | 2006 |
| وصف مادي: | 288 p. : ill. (some col.), maps, plans ; 30 cm. |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Taj Mahal (Agra, India), Architecture, Mogul Empire -- India -- Agra., Gardens, Mogul Empire -- India -- Agra., Taj Mahal (Agra, India) -- Pictorial works., Architecture, Mogul Empire -- India -- Agra -- Pictorial works., Gardens, Mogul Empire -- India -- Agra -- Pictorial works., Pictorial works. |
| جغرافية الموضوع: | Agra (India) -- Buildings, structures, etc. |
| الوصف: | Includes the Mughal Agra, a riverfront garden city, the construction of the Taj Mahal, The parts of the Taj Mahal, the house of the queen, and much more. |
| ملاحظة حول المحتويات: | Introduction : the Mughal dynasty, Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal -- I. Mughal Agra, a riverfront garden city -- The Mughal garden, its buildings and its ownership -- The riverfront garden city -- Reconstruction of the riverfront scheme -- The gardens of the left bank -- The gardens of the right bank -- II. The construction of the Taj Mahal -- Shah Jahan and architecture -- Imperial mausoleums, a 'built tomb' controversy -- The architects of the Taj Mahal -- Craftsmen, materials, and construction techniques -- Construction history and celebrations of the anniversaries of Mumtaz Mahal's death -- Death and burial of Shah Jahan -- III. More than a tomb : the parts of the Taj Mahal -- The design -- The principles of Shahjahani architecture -- The principles as expressed in the Taj Mahal -- Modular planning of the Taj Mahal / Richard André Barraud -- A walk through the Taj Mahal complex -- The Jilaukhana (forecourt) zone -- The great gate -- The southern galleries -- The garden -- The garden-wall pavilions -- The riverfront terrace and the marble platform of the mausoleum -- The mausoleum -- The minarets -- The mosque and Mihman Khana, or assembly hall -- The side wings -- The towers of the riverfront terrace -- The bazaar and caravanserai complex (Taj Ganj) -- The waterworks -- Buildings outside the wall -- IV. The paradisiacal house of the queen -- The symbolism of white marble and red sandstone -- Naturalistic ornament as an expression of paradise -- The inscriptions -- Sound as an expression of eternity -- Funerary and commemorative rites -- V. Everybody's Taj Mahal -- Early travellers and picturesque discovery -- In British hands -- Visitors and comments -- The Taj Mahal in popular culture -- Conservation and future -- Postscript : visiting the Taj Mahal -- Map of Mughal India -- Lahauri's account of the complex on the occasion of its formal completion, on the twelfth anniversary of Mumtaz Mahal's death -- Factfile : detailed measurements of the Taj Mahal complex / Richard André Barraud -- Glossary. |
| Original Identifier: | ocm69022179 |
| نوع الوثيقة: | Book |
| اللغة: | English |
| ردمك: | 978-0-500-34209-1 0-500-34209-1 |
| حقوق: | This record is part of the Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset, which is provided by the Harvard Library under its Bibliographic Dataset Use Terms and includes data made available by, among others, OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. and the Library of Congress. |
| ملاحظات: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 276-280) and index. |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edshlc.010108856.6 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset |
| ردمك: | 9780500342091 0500342091 |
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