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Published by Super Book House, 2011
ISBN 10: 8190080946ISBN 13: 9788190080941
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Published by Edition Axel Menges, 2011
ISBN 10: 8190080946ISBN 13: 9788190080941
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Published by Edition Axel Menges, 2011
ISBN 10: 8190080946ISBN 13: 9788190080941
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Published by Edition Axel Menges, 2011
ISBN 10: 8190080946ISBN 13: 9788190080941
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Published by Edition Axel Menges GmbH 16.04.2011., 2011
ISBN 10: 8190080946ISBN 13: 9788190080941
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Condition: Gut. Auflage: Illustrated. 254 Seiten D221217axu14 ISBN: 9788190080941 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1863 29,3 x 2,2 x 29,4 cm, Hardcover.
Published by Edition Axel Menges, 2011
ISBN 10: 8190080946ISBN 13: 9788190080941
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Published by Edition Axel Menges, 2011
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Published by Super Book House, 2010
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310 colour plates (illustrator). Contents 1 Introduction i Symbolism in Indian Islamic Architecture ii Aspirations of the Muslim artisan 2 Islamic ornament i Formal balance and symmetry ii Geometry iii Calligraphy 3 Common forms in Islamic ornament i Vegetal Floral ii The niche iii The Arabesque iv Water motifs 4 Mughal Architecture i The Mughal Karakhana ii Akbars Architecture iii Syncretion at Sikri 5 Only God remains Bibliography Endnotes Romance in Red Stone is an appreciation of architecture of Islam in India at a level removed from the formal as articulated surface In his photographs Yashwant Pitkar presents architecture as a feast of craftsmanship as an enduring romance with shape and stone in its unending variations An architect first then a photographer Pitkars images reflect his love and admiration for the buildings of Delhi Agra and Fatehpur Sikri which he captures in a way he knows best up close and personal Pitkars unique photographic gaze identifies with that of a Mughal miniature painter or a Company Artist taking the viewer close to the buildings enough to shut out the dominating forms right into the aesthetics of surface For a visitor to these buildings the photographs allow a return a recollection of architecture as a phenomenon giving a sensual experience of the visit here is an effective feel for the infinite craft Pitkars images work at a deeper philosophical level The viewer is made aware of the inner meaning of aesthetic representation the different ways of inducing the immeasurable The plays of multiple superimposed levels and of patterns continue beyond the photographers frame suggesting the infinite jacket 256 pp.
Published by Edition Axel Menges, 2011
ISBN 10: 8190080946ISBN 13: 9788190080941
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