20th century compulsions: modern Indian architecture from the Marg archives, ed. by Mustansir Dalvi

ISBN: 9789383243129, 9383243120

The spirit of architecture completely transformed in the 20th century and Marg magazine, founded in 1946, was at the forefront of documenting that change. Many leading architects wrote short texts for Marg and this anthology comprises a selection of these essays, as relevant now as they were when they first-appeared.

Vernacular architecture of India: traditional residential styles and spaces, photographs by Tejinder S. Randhawa

Randhawa, Tejinder S.

ISBN: 9789356074538, 9356074534

A comprehensive book covering the eclectic range of traditional residential architecture of India, profusely illustrated with nearly 1600 colour illustrations in 540 pages and spreads. It is a visual tour de force of the great building and craft skills of India and covers the vast gamut of vernacular building styles from all regions of the country.

The great temple at Thanjavur: one thousand years, 1010-2010, photographs by Bharath Ramanruthan

Michell, George. et al

ISBN: 9789380581019, 9380581017

All phases of the temple's history are presented in this volume, which offers a comprehensive account of its architecture, sculptures, paintings, and historical records, as well as its ritual and cultural life. Bharath Ramamrutham's splendid photographs are the most complete ever to be published. His images are supplemented by high quality digital images of the Chola-period murals in the passag...

Ancient Indian mother-goddess votive discs

Agrawala, Prithvi Kumar

Ancient Indian religious architecture beyond the sectarian boundaries, ed. by Prem Sagar Chaturvedi et al

ISBN: 9788173201547, 8173201544

Appoach to conservation and restoration: specific focus on cultural heritage of Shimla

Sharma, Saumya

ISBN: 9789382396635, 9382396632

This book is an effort to comprehend crucial aspects of the field of architecture and conservation through the example of the Cultural and Historic Urban Landscape of Shimla, the capital of Himachal Pradesh. This town has unique position in history since the early 19th century and also enjoys prominent place in architecture and conservation practices. The Shimla town has been chosen as a case s...

Architechture of North Indian temples (C-400-1000 A.D.)

Singh, Tahsildar (b.1956)

ISBN: 9788171392193, 8171392199

A comprehensive and simultaneous study of architectural and sculptural features of North Indian temples.

Architecture decorated with architecture: later medieval temples of Karnataka, 1000-1300 AD

Foekema, Gerard (b.1943)

ISBN: 9788121510899, 8121510899

This book gives a detailed analysis of architectural designs found in Indian temples built in Karnataka in the period 1000-1300 AD, and a view on the architectural features common to all sophisticated temples built in medieval India.

The architecture of Hasmukh C. Patel: selected projects 1963-2003

Desai, Catherine et al

ISBN: 9781935677659, 1935677659

Hasmukh Patel's architectural practice spanned the transformative latter decades of the 20th century. This book is both a tribute to Patel and a contribution to the ongoing documentation of modern Indian architecture, the gathering of a canon of works to inspire and inform the next generation. Included here are 51 of Patel's buildings, many published for the first time. Each project has been me...

The architecture of Shivdatt Sharma, foreword by Balkrishna V Doshi

Prakash, Vikramaditya

ISBN: 9788189995676, 8189995677

Shivdatt Sharma (b.1931) is one of the most prolific Indian modernist architects. This well-illustrated book documents Sharma's work from the early days, when it was a part of the experimental and innovative ethos of Chandigarh, to the present.

Architecture, time and eternity: studies in the stellar and temporal symbolism of traditional buildings, 2 vols

Snodgrass, Adrian

ISBN: 9788185179308, 8185179301

This is a study of the stellar and temporal symbolism of traditional buildings. It is a comprehensive work that spans from the generalities of symbolism of time in general, to the temporal symbolism in Indian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern, Christian, Chinese, Islamic, North American Indian, African, South American Indian, and Mesoamerican architectures.;

Art and culture, felicitation volume in honour of Prof. S. Nurul Hasan

Quisar, Ahsan Jan (b.1933) et al.

ISBN: 9788185263823, 8185263825

As a scholar of Medieval Indian history, Prof. S. Nural Hasan contribution is well known. this volume consists of a collection of papers, brought out in honour of Prof. S. Nural Hasan, and cover the three themes, Art and architecture, Science and technology, and Cultural set up and values.;

Art, icon and architecture in South Asia: essays in honour of Dr. Devangana Desai, 2 vols., ed. by Anila Verghese et al

ISBN: 9788173055331, 8173055335

The book divided into five broad groups, in each the essays are arranged in a more or less chronological order. The first comprises four articles relating to Buddhist monuments and icons. The second group is the largest with seventeen essays that explore different aspects of iconography, images and narrative reliefs. The next is a set of nine papers on monuments, ranging from temples, to the tr...

Aspects of Indian history and culture

Bandyopadhyay, Sudipa Ray et al (ed.)

ISBN: 9788174791344, 8174791345

A collection of twenty articles dealing with, (I) Epigraphy, Art, Architecture and Aesthetics, (II) Society, Economy and Culture, (III) Buddhist Sites, and (IV) Arhcaeological Sites and Heritage issues.

Aspects of medieval Indian architecture: a historical & archaeological study in Punjab

Singh, Chand

ISBN: 9788173201554, 8173201552

Aspects of Sanskrit architectural texts.

Banerjee, Manabendu

On Vastusastra, ancient Indian system of architecture.

Nataraja: divine dance of the cosmos, foreword by Karan Singh

Mishra, Kamal Kishor et al

ISBN: 9788182901728, 8182901723

This book explores the symbolism of the great iconic God of the Hindu Pantheon from the point of view of various traditions of Indian thought, its underlying philosophy and symbolism, including the theory of dance, architecture and sculpture. It is a well illustrated book covering among others the great Nataraja temple in Chidambaram to the most recent temple in Suva, Fuji.

Himalayan Buddhist art and architecture

Lama, G.K.

ISBN: 9789383221554, 9383221550

In this book, the author has tried his best to cover all the aspects of Buddhist art and architecture prevalent in this zone. The present deal with the Buddhist art and architecture of Indian Himalayan region, Nepal, Bhutan, Tibet and China.

Haripriya: forms and meaning in Indian art and Iconography: essays in memory of Dr. Haripriya Rangarajan,

ISBN: 9788173056796, 817305679X

The present volume of 30 papers dedicated to the memory of the eminent art historian, Dr. Haripriya Rangarajan, who made an invaluable contribution to the field of Indian art, Iconography and architecture. She left an intangible mark as an expert especially in the field of Indian iconography. The volume contains essays on different aspects of Indian art and iconography, providing insights into ...

The body adorned: dissolving boundaries between sacred and profane in India's art.

Dehejia, Vidya

ISBN: 9788189995041, 8189995049

The author draws on the literature of court poets, the hymns of saints and acharyas, and verses from inscriptions to illuminate premodern India's unique treatment of sculpted and painted form. She focuses on the coexistence of sacred and sensuous images within the common boundaries of Buddhist, Jain, and Hindu sacred spaces, redefining terms like sacred and secular in relation to Indian archite...