Continuities, Revivals, Appropriations, and Innovations
by George Michell
2015, Hardcover, 25 cm., pp. 352, US$ 25.83 / Rs. 1395 (shipping
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About the Book :
From the fifteenth century on, after a period of widespread
destruction and demolition, India witnessed a resumption of temple patronage and
building activity. These 'late' temples, however, are usually overlooked by
architectural and art historians, who tend to privilege the earlier phases of
Indian architecture and art, the prevailing assumption being that India's 'late'
temples are unworthy of serious attention. As illustrated in this volume,
nothing could be further from the truth. Accompanied by maps, photographs, as
well as a selection of building plans, this book is the first wide-ranging
account of temple architecture in the 500-year period that coincides with the
rule of the sultanates, the Mughals, and the British. Through a meticulous study
of over 300 temples from 17 geographical zones, this book shows that, as far as
temple architecture is concerned, these years were remarkably creative and
vibrant. The temples built during this period display a startling diversity of
forms, structural techniques, and aesthetic qualities. Rather than
characterizing the appearance of domes, vaults, pointed arches, and other such
'borrowings' as inappropriately 'Christian' or 'Islamic', this volume attempts
to understand how such attributes came to be integrated into a Hindu and Jain
religious context.
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