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Published by Dev Books, 2014
ISBN 10: 9381406413ISBN 13: 9789381406410
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Published by Dev Books, 2014
ISBN 10: 9381406413ISBN 13: 9789381406410
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Published by Dev Publishers & Distributors, New Delhi, 2015
ISBN 10: 9381406413ISBN 13: 9789381406410
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Hardcover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. This book is about vatuvidya or architectural theory, the creation of temples, and the role of drawings as an indispensible bridge between the two. It focuses on two worls attributed to Bhoja, the legendary Paramara ruler of Malwa in the first half of the eleventh century. The first of these is his vastly ambitions, but unfinished, royal temple at Bhojpur, with its unique set of architectural drawings engraved in the surrounding rocks. These beautiful drawings, documented here for the first time, provide insights into construction processes and glimpses of hitherto unknown temple forms. They also hold the key to the intended design of the Bhojpur temple itself, which would have been by far the biggest Hindu temple in the world. The other main focus of this study is Bhoja s great compendium of architectural knowledge known as the Samaranganasutradhara, a project of comparable ambition to this temple. This famous Vastusastra was compiled at a moment when the classicl traditions of Indian architecture had blossomed into abundant maturity, and could be understood their diversity. The Samarangana s treatment of Nagara, Dravida and Bhumija temples are covered here in detail, with Key chapters translated both into English and into drawings of the temple designs that the next encapsulates. As illustrated by numerous photographs, the text description types known among urviving monuments, as well as many others probably never built. Far from being a straightjacket and an impediment to growth, the text is revealed both as a framework and a stimulus to further creativity. This book will allow the reader to begin to understand the temple architecture of medieval India through the eyes of its creators. Page Extent: 307 with 292 line drawings and colored photographs.
Published by Dev Publishers, 2014
ISBN 10: 9381406413ISBN 13: 9789381406410
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Published by Dev Publishers, 2015
ISBN 10: 9381406413ISBN 13: 9789381406410
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Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. This book is about vatuvidya or architectural theory, the creation of temples, and the role of drawings as an indispensible bridge between the two. It focuses on two worls attributed to Bhoja, the legendary Paramara ruler of Malwa in the first half of the eleventh century. The first of these is his vastly ambitions, but unfinished, royal temple at Bhojpur, with its unique set of architectural drawings engraved in the surrounding rocks. These beautiful drawings, documented here for the first time, provide insights into construction processes and glimpses of hitherto unknown temple forms. They also hold the key to the intended design of the Bhojpur temple itself, which would have been by far the biggest Hindu temple in the world. The other main focus of this study is Bhoja s great compendium of architectural knowledge known as the Samaranganasutradhara, a project of comparable ambition to this temple. This famous Vastusastra was compiled at a moment when the classicl traditions of Indian architecture had blossomed into abundant maturity, and could be understood their diversity. The Samarangana s treatment of Nagara, Dravida and Bhumija temples are covered here in detail, with Key chapters translated both into English and into drawings of the temple designs that the next encapsulates. As illustrated by numerous photographs, the text description types known among urviving monuments, as well as many others probably never built. Far from being a straightjacket and an impediment to growth, the text is revealed both as a framework and a stimulus to further creativity. This book will allow the reader to begin to understand the temple architecture of medieval India through the eyes of its creators. Adam Hardy, an architect, is Professor of Asian Architecture at The Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University. He has been studying Indian temples for more than thirty years, and his publications on the subject include Indian Temple Architecture: Form and Trans-formation (IGNCA, 1995) and The Temple Architecture of India (Wiley, 2007).Since 1999 he has been Editor of the journal South Asian Studies. He is currently working on two projects which, like the study for this book but in different ways,re-create traditional temples. One is a conservation study for the World Monuments Fund at Ashapuri, Madhya Pradesh, involving the recovery of lost temple designs from thousands of stone fragments; the other is the design of a new temple in Hoysa a style near Bangalore, aiming to unfold the inherent potential of that tradition. Mattia Salvini, Sanskritist and Buddhologist, is Visiting Professor to the International PhD Programme in Buddhist Studies, Mahidol University (Thailand). His extensive work on the Samar ngana-s tradhara began, in collaboration with Adam Hardy, when he was a research scholar at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London. His main publication on the subject is The Samar nganas tradh ra: Themes and Context for the Science of V stu (JRAS, 2012), an overview of the universe of Bhoja s text.
Published by Dev Books, 2014
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