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Author Michell, George.

Title Mughal architecture & gardens / text, George Michell ; photographs, Amit Pasricha
Published Suffolk, UK : Antique Collectors' Club, 2011

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 WATERFT ART&ARCH  720.954 Mic/Maa  AVAILABLE
Description 401 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 32 cm
Series Non fiction Apr 2012
Contents Preface -- Introduction -- Delhi -- Agra -- Fatehpur Sikri -- Kashmir -- Provincial centres -- Appendices. Glossary ; Chronology ; List of patrons -- Index of monuments
Summary Mughal Architecture & Gardens gives an insight into what is undoubtedly one of the most impressive groups of monuments and gardens ever to be ascribed to a single royal lineage. Innovative and inspirational, these 16th and 17th century constructions demonstrate the staggering wealth and power of those responsible for their creation, notably the emperors Akbar, Jahangir and Shah Jahan. Mughal architecture is a remarkable hybrid that fuses building forms and decorative schemes from Iran and Central Asia with long-established Indian practice. The most famous examples are the Red Fort in Dehli and Taj Mahal in Agra. This beautifully illustrated book outlines the history of Mughal architecture and gardens, from stylistic developments under different emperors, to the geometric origins of Mughal design and decoration. Now the gardens are mostly lost, but Michell carefully depicts how they would have been; their structures and layouts, the favoured varieties of colorful flowers and scented plants, and the laborious but innovative methods sometimes used to create running water in areas without natural springs and streams
Notes "Mani Mann has generously supported this publication"--T.p
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 396-397) and index
Subject Architecture -- India -- History.
Architecture, Mogul Empire.
Architecture, Mogul Empire -- South Asia -- Pictorial works.
Architecture, Mogul Empire -- South Asia.
Gardens -- Design.
Gardens, Mogul Empire.
Gardens, Mogul Empire -- South Asia -- Pictorial works.
Gardens, Mogul Empire -- South Asia.
Islamic architecture -- South Asia -- Pictorial works.
Islamic architecture.
Islamic architecture -- South Asia.
Islamic gardens.
Genre/Form Illustrated works.
Author Pasricha, Amit.
ISBN 185149670X
9781851496709
Other Titles Mughal architecture and gardens