Research Catalog

Title

The complete Taj Mahal : and the riverfront gardens of Agra / Ebba Koch ; with drawings by Richard André Barraud.

Author

Koch, Ebba.

Publication

London : Thames & Hudson, ©2006.

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Details

Additional Authors

Barraud, Richard André

Description

288 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps; 30 cm

Summary

Includes the Mughal Agra, a riverfront garden city, the construction of the Taj Mahal, The parts of the Taj Mahal, the house of the queen, and much more.

Alternative Title

Taj Mahal

Subject

• Taj Mahal (Agra, India)
• Architecture, Mogul Empire > Agra
• Gardens, Mogul Empire > Agra
• Taj Mahal (Agra, India) > Pictorial works
• Architecture, Mogul Empire > Agra > Pictorial works
• Gardens, Mogul Empire > Agra > Pictorial works
• Tāj Mahal (Āgra, Inde)
• Architecture moghole > Āgra
• Jardins moghols > Āgra
• Tāj Mahal (Āgra, Inde) > Ouvrages illustrés
• Architecture moghole > Āgra > Ouvrages illustrés
• Jardins moghols > Āgra > Ouvrages illustrés
• Architecture, Mogul > India > Agra
• Gardens, Mogul > India > Agra
• Architecture, Mogul > India > Agra > Pictorial works
• Gardens, Mogul > India > Agra > Pictorial works
• Architecture, Mogul Empire
• Buildings
• Gardens, Mogul Empire
• Tadj-Mahal
• Grafmonumenten
• Architecture, Mogul > Agra
• Gardens, Mogul > Agra
• Agra (India) > Buildings, structures, etc
• India > Agra
• Agra
• Agra > Tadsch Mahal

Genre/Form

• illustrated books.
• Illustrated works
• Pictorial works
• Ouvrages illustrés.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 276-280) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction : the Mughal dynasty, Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal -- I. Mughal Agra, a riverfront garden city -- The Mughal garden, its buildings and its ownership -- The riverfront garden city -- Reconstruction of the riverfront scheme -- The gardens of the left bank -- The gardens of the right bank -- II. The construction of the Taj Mahal -- Shah Jahan and architecture -- Imperial mausoleums, a 'built tomb' controversy -- The architects of the Taj Mahal -- Craftsmen, materials, and construction techniques -- Construction history and celebrations of the anniversaries of Mumtaz Mahal's death -- Death and burial of Shah Jahan -- III. More than a tomb : the parts of the Taj Mahal -- The design -- The principles of Shahjahani architecture -- The principles as expressed in the Taj Mahal -- Modular planning of the Taj Mahal / Richard André Barraud -- A walk through the Taj Mahal complex -- The Jilaukhana (forecourt) zone -- The great gate -- The southern galleries -- The garden -- The garden-wall pavilions -- The riverfront terrace and the marble platform of the mausoleum -- The mausoleum -- The minarets -- The mosque and Mihman Khana, or assembly hall -- The side wings -- The towers of the riverfront terrace -- The bazaar and caravanserai complex (Taj Ganj) -- The waterworks -- Buildings outside the wall -- IV. The paradisiacal house of the queen -- The symbolism of white marble and red sandstone -- Naturalistic ornament as an expression of paradise -- The inscriptions -- Sound as an expression of eternity -- Funerary and commemorative rites -- V. Everybody's Taj Mahal -- Early travellers and picturesque discovery -- In British hands -- Visitors and comments -- The Taj Mahal in popular culture -- Conservation and future -- Postscript : visiting the Taj Mahal -- Map of Mughal India -- Lahauri's account of the complex on the occasion of its formal completion, on the twelfth anniversary of Mumtaz Mahal's death -- Factfile : detailed measurements of the Taj Mahal complex / Richard André Barraud -- Glossary.

ISBN

• 9780500342091
• 0500342091
• 9780500289846
• 0500289840

LCCN

2005910936

OCLC

• 69022179
• SCSB-10238373

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library