Tanjavur Brhadisvara An Architectural Study : The Monument And The Living Presence
By
Pierre Pichard
Contributor
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Item Type
Hardbound
Periodical
0
Serial
8322
Publisher
Ignca/Ecole Francaise D'Extrteme
Description
244
ISBN / ISSN No.
8185503044
Summay
[Summary Plus Entry] Written by French architectural scholar Pierre Pichard and published as a prestigious collaborative monograph by the IGNCA and the École Française d'Extrême-Orient, this 244-page masterpiece stands as one of the most mathematically rigorous and structural surveys ever conducted on the Brihadisvara (Big Temple) at Thanjavur. The book shifts away from purely devotional tracking to provide a massive, precise analytical logbook of Chola architecture. It delivers incredibly detailed architectural drawings, exact ground plans, structural sectionals, and elevation measures of the iconic 216-foot granite vimana (temple tower). Pichard beautifully balances this hardcore engineering profile with an examination of its "living presence"—tracing how the ancient layout continues to cleanly orchestrate centuries-old ritual routines, temple processions, and local community spaces today
Keyword
Brihadisvara Temple, Thanjavur, Pierre Pichard, Chola Architecture, IGNCA, EFEO, Architectural Survey, Granite Engineering, Temple Monograph
Accession No.
8322
Current Location
Neeti Bagh
Status
Available
Category
Architecture-India
Gifted Detail
3