1st Edition
Paradigms of Indian Architecture Space and Time in Representation and Design
By G. H. R. Tillotson
Copyright 1998
208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
Introduction, G.H.R. Tillotson; Chapter 1 Past and Present: Towards an Aesthetics of Colonialism, Thomas R. Metcalf; Chapter 2 ::, Tapati Guha-Thakurta; Chapter 3 Painting and Understanding Mughal Architecture, G.H.R. Tillotson; Chapter 4 India’s Visual Narratives: The Dominance of Space Over Time, Vidya Dehejia; Chapter 5 Form, Transformation and Meaning in Indian Temple Architecture, Adam Hardy; Chapter 6 Gods, Patrons and Images: Stone Sculpture at Vijayanagara, Anna L. Dallapiccola; Chapter 7 Spatial Organisation and Aesthetic Expression in the Traditional Architecture of Rajasthan, Kulbhushan Jain; Chapter 8 A Tale of Two Cities: House and Town in India Today, Sunand Prasad;
Biography
Tillotson, G. H. R.
'This slim collection of eight conferece papers - less than 200 pages long - is one of the most thought-provoking books on Indian architecture to appear in recent years.' - Clive Dewey, The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History
