The Art And Architecture Of The Indian Subcontinent
By
J.C.Harle
Contributor
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Item Type
Paperback
Periodical
0
Serial
5864
Publisher
Yale University
Description
60
ISBN / ISSN No.
30062176
Summay
[Summary Plus Entry] Written by renowned art historian James C. Harle (former Keeper of Ashmolean Museum, Oxford), this definitive academic survey chronicles the vast stylistic evolution of visual arts and architecture across the Indian subcontinent. The text navigates through thousands of years of heritage—tracing structural design from the proto-urban brick foundations of the Indus Valley Civilisation, through early rock-cut Buddhist chaityas and Ashokan stupas, to the complex iconographic masterworks of medieval Hindu temple complexes (Gupta, Pallava, Chola, and Chalukya eras), and finally concluding with the syncretic monuments of Indo-Islamic urbanism. It serves as an essential foundational textbook globally for understanding South Asian architectural aesthetics.(Bihar,Ajanta Caves, Sarnath ,Madhya Pradesh,Kashmir,Malwa,Vijayanagar,kerala
Keyword
J.C. Harle, Yale University Press, Pelican History of Art, Indian Subcontinent, Hindu Temples, Buddhist Stupas, Islamic Monuments, Sculpture History
Accession No.
5864
Current Location
Neeti Bagh
Status
Available
Category
Architecture-India