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Indian tiles : architectural ceramics from Sultanate and Mughal India and Pakistan

Title
Indian tiles : architectural ceramics from Sultanate and Mughal India and Pakistan / Arthur Millner ; [foreword by Susan Stronge].
Author
Millner, Arthur
Publication
  • Munich ; London ; New York : Prestel, 2021.
  • ©2021

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Additional Authors
Stronge, Susan
Description
303 pages : color illustrations, color maps; 35 cm
Summary
"Historic India, which now encompasses the modern nations of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, is celebrated for the richness of its architectural and decorative arts, but less well known for glazed tiles. Arthur Millner opens up this hitherto neglected subject with a richly illustrated narrative. Millner traces the craft's roots in Muslim Persia, Afghanistan and Central Asia, showing how imported glazing techniques combined with an ancient local tradition of clay craftsmanship. He explores the production, designs and influences in Indian tiles from antiquity to the colonial period, tracing the historical evolution through a series of key eras, including the Delhi Sultanate and the Mughal Empire in Northern India. Although glazed tiles are generally associated with Islam, they also briefly flourished in both Hindu strongholds, such as Gwalior and Orchha, and in Christian Portuguese-ruled Goa. More than four hundred photographs, many of little-known sites, are drawn from the author's years of travel as well as from colleagues, the V&A Museum archives and other celebrated institutions. These images capture the architectural context and beauty of the designs, providing a visual compendium of styles and techniques. Taken together they offer a unique chronicle of an environmentally threatened aspect of the region's cultural, artistic and religious evolution over centuries"--
Alternative Title
Architectural ceramics from Sultanate and Mughal India and Pakistan
Subject
  • Islamic tiles > India > History
  • Decoration and ornament, Architectural > India > History
  • Islamic tiles > Pakistan > History
  • Decoration and ornament, Architectural > Pakistan > History
  • Islamic tiles > Bangladesh > History
  • Decoration and ornament, Architectural > Bangladesh > History
  • Decoration and ornament, Architectural
  • Islamic tiles
  • India
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-296) and index.
Contents
Foreword / Susan Stronge -- I. Origins. Ancient India (earliest times-AD 711) ; The arrival of Islam (711-1206) -- II. The Delhi Sultanate. The early sultanate (1206-1451) ; A century of transition (1451-1556) -- III. The great Mughals. Akbar (1556-1605) ; Jahangir (1605-1627) ; Shah Jahan (1628-1658) ; Aurangzeb (1658-1707) ; The later Mughals (1707-1857) -- IV. The regional states (1204-1947). The Deccan ; Goa ; Malwa ; The Hindu states ; Bengal ; Multan and Sindh -- Catalogue -- Glossary.
Call Number
JQG 21-840
ISBN
  • 9783791387666
  • 3791387669
LCCN
2021938604
OCLC
1263805730
Author
Millner, Arthur, author.
Title
Indian tiles : architectural ceramics from Sultanate and Mughal India and Pakistan / Arthur Millner ; [foreword by Susan Stronge].
Publisher
Munich ; London ; New York : Prestel, 2021.
Copyright Date
©2021
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-296) and index.
Added Author
Stronge, Susan, writer of preface.
Research Call Number
JQG 21-840
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