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Rajarajeshvara temple
Tanjavur
1010
Shiva temple
Tallest Shikhara amongst the temples of its time.
Also known for most scared performing of Koodiyattam, a form of Sanskrit theater
Portrait of king Rajaraja with his spiritual guru
mural
This is the earliest royal portrait in Indian painting.
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Shiva Nataraja
ca. 970
bronze
Tamil Nadu, Chola Dynasty, India
Is a depiction of the god Shiva as the cosmic dancer who performs his divine dance to destroy a weary universe and make preparations for the god Brahma to start the process of creation.'
He destroys in order to create. |
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Quwwat al-Islam Mosque
Delhi
1192 AD
Built to celebrate the victory of Mohammed Ghori
Qutb-ud-din Aibak, founder of the Mamluk dynasty.
It was the first mosque built in Delhi after the Islamic conquest of India.
Qutb Minar
Quwwat al-Islam Mosque
13th c.
Minar is the tallest brick minaret in the world, inspired by the Minaret of Jam in Afghanistan, it is an important example of early Afghan architecture, which later evolved into Indo-Islamic Architecture.
Inscriptions in the Kufic style of calligraphy, form regular bands throughout the Qutb Minar
Decorative motifs on upper levels of Qutb Minar, showing both Hindu and Islamic elements.
Its construction also marked the end last of Hindu kingdoms in North India, and the beginning of Muslim rule in India |
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Shahnama
ca. 1450
"The Book of Kings"
A long epic poem written by the Persian poet Ferdowsi
The mythical and to some extent the historical past of the Persian empire from the creation of the world until the Islamic conquest of Persia in the 7th century |
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Madrasa
Bidar
1472
Persian prime minister Mahmud Gawan
Bahmanid dynasty
unique in its obvious Persian architectural style
The building reflects the influence that the Persian Afaqi. |
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Adil Shah Hawking
ca. 1600
Sultanate of Bijapur
Adil Shahi dynasty
The dynasty left a tradition of cosmopolitan culture and artistic patronage
Farrukh Hussain |
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Emperor Shah Jahan with His Prime Minister
ca. 1650
Watercolour and gold on paper
The concept of divine light being communicated from god
Akbar
-Jahangir
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- Pervez
- Shaharyar |
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Fatehpur Sikri sites, late 16th c.:
Agra
Akbar
constructed largely by western Indian temple carvers
modified pre-existing sultanate styles
Red Sand Stone
Buland Darvaza
1573-4
Grand gateway, continuos calligraphy of Koranic verses
Three Mihrabs to mark the direction of the Mecca
Tomb of Shaykh Salim Chishti
ca. 1571-80
Marble
Hall of Public Audience
ca. 1571-6
Akbar sat enthroned on high, proclaiming as it were his position as the axis mundi, the central pillar of the Mughal empire.
Akbar leaves Sikri for Lahore. |
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Akbar Restrains Havai
from the Akbarnama
Abul Fazl
Basavan
ca 1590
water color on paper
Diagonal movement across two pages,
Sweeping action
Billowing waters
Incredible detail
Everything is given as much attention as the emperor on the elephant
The horizon placed high |
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The Dying Inayat Khan
ca. 1618-19
Mughal Period
Ink and light color on paper
from the Jahangirnama
Inayat was a Mughal courtier
Indulges himself on wine and opium and dies of its abuse
Had epileptic fits, ate too much even though the doctor told him not to
Developed Cachexia and Dropsy, loosing incredible amounts of weight
"Skin stretched over bone" |
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Ustad Ahmed Lahori
Amanat Khan
The Taj Mahal
Agra
1631-43
Marble/red sandstone
Shah Jahan
The simplicity of the proportions creates its effect of symmetry and harmony.
The inscriptions engraved on the monument reveals every verse from the Koran that speaks about the Day of Judgment while no other Koranic verse is given space.
Mumtaz Mahal
Mehtab Bagh, a great octagonal pool that would reflect the Taj by moonlight
The Taj actually stands in the middle of a great garden, similar to all the other royal Mughal tombs. |
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City Palace
Udaipur
Rana Udai Singh
ca. 1570
Mewar, Rajput
Rajasthan
Thee sun is the emblem of the Mewar House
A fusion of the Rajasthani and Mughal architectural styles, asymmetrical, mazelike, perishable material.
Built on a hill top that gives a panoramic view of the city and its surrounding
Considered the largest royal complex in Rajasthan
Exotic theme of dutchmen was picked up by Mewari artists |
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Rana Ari Singh at Worship in the Garden Mansion
ca. 1765
Watercolor on paper
Udaipur's palace used as a backdrop
Detailed visual reportage of the Rana's activities |
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Sahibdin & workshop
Rama and Lakshmana Bound by Arrow-Snake
from the Ramayana
ca.1650-2
Portrays 11 scenes,
Incredible, spectacular narrative |
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Crowned Ganesha
Basohli
ca. 1720
watercolor on paper
Incorporates Mughal painting characteristics compared to Mewar
Red borders, deep mustard background, barest strip of of blue at the upper margin to indicate the sky.
Jewelry tradition, spohiticates court art , |
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St. Francis Xavier
Goa
early 17th c.
painted wood
Goa's beloved patron saint, Indian baroque,
This saint cared for the poor and sick/infirm.
He converted many people to Catholicism |
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St. Anne and the Virgin Mary as Child
18th c.
Painted wood
Even though the church disapproved of non-christians creating Christian images, the Goan's were very skilled with wood and ivory carving.
Soft simple lines in contrast with the sharp delineation of the Portuguese Baroque. |
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Francesco Manco
Church of Our Lady of Divine Providence
1656-61
Dome based on the St Peters in Rome |
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Willoughby Hooper
Madras Famine
1877-8
Albumen print |
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English Staffordshire dinner place with Daniell’s Remains of an Ancient Building near Firoz
Shah’s Cotilla
Delhi
ca. 1820
The subject matter is exotic and novel but the manner of presentation is familiar and acceptable to the British eye. |
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Frederick W. Stevens
Victoria Terminus
Mumbai
1878-87
Ornate, magnificent domes, Major railway station,
Headquarters of the Great Indian Peninsular Railway
Venetian gothic style,
Indo Saracenic,
Sandstone
Might of the British Raj
British believed that the greatness of a civilization was expressed through the grandeur of its structures. |
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Banquet Hall
Government House
Madras
1802
Erected by Lord Clive
Neo Classical
Exclusively European |
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Edwin Lutyens
Rastrapati Bhavan (Viceroy’s, now President’s House)
New Delhi
1931
Grandly classical but inspired by Indian architecture. |
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Tipu’s Tiger
Commissioned by Tipu Sultan
ca. 1795 |
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Ravi Varma
Woman Holding a Fan
ca. 1895 |
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Abanindranath Tagore
Mother India
1905 |
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Le Corbusier
Assembly Hall
Chandigarh
1951-64 |
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Meera Mukherjee
Ashoka at Kalinga
1972 |
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Anish Kapoor
At the Hub of Things
1987 |
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Jamini Roy
Gopini
ca. 1935-40 |
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Raghubir Singh
Through a Jewellery Store
Bombay
1997 |
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