Amritsar - Hardcover

Gurmeet S. Rai, Raghu, Rai

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ISBN 10: 9353767326 ISBN 13: 9789353767327

Publisher: OM Books International, 2021

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Amritsar: a city in rememberance correlates amritsar's historical narratives with its material culture. An anthology of insightful essays by domain experts, it retraces the history and Culture of Amritsar since its inception through landmark events that shaped the city and its people, to recent initiatives on the recovery of its multi-layered heritage.

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RAGHU RAI i is an internationally acclaimed photographer and photojournalist with fifty-six books to his credit. A recipient of several notable awards and honours, he is the only living photographer in the world to have received the Academie Des Beaux Art Photography Award- William Klein in 2019, one of the highest international awards in photography. GURMEET S. RAI, an architect with specialization in heritage, has worked on conservation of heritage sites, planning for historic areas and policy documents in both India and abroad. In 1996, she established CRCI India Pvt Ltd., a leading firm in heritage practice in India. She has received the Award of Distinction from UNESCO for two projects under the Asia Pacific Architectural Heritage Awards in 2002 and 2004. Thereafter, for over fifteen years, she has been on the jury of the Asia Pacific Architecutral Heritage Awards of UNESCO. She is currently a member of the steering committee of the TERRA 2022, the World Congress on Earthen Architectural Heritage, to be organized by Getty Conservation Institute in Santa Fe, USA. In 2021, she was appointed as heritage specialist for the conservation planning of the Parliament House in New Delhi.

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Publisher: OM Books International
Publication date: 2021
Language: English
ISBN 10: 9353767326
ISBN 13: 9789353767327
Binding: Hardcover
Number of pages: 280

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Amritsar: A City in Remembrance

Raghu Rai, Gurmeet S. Rai and Richard A Engelhardt

Published by Om Books International, 2021

ISBN 10: 9353767326 ISBN 13: 9789353767327

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Hardcover. Condition: New. A remarkable achievement: a painstankingly researched, beautifully written and wonderfully photographed love-letter to Amritsar. William Dalrymple- Historian and Writer A stunning study of the complexities and dynamism of the heartland of Sikh spirituality, its information and insightful chapters, integrated beautifully with artworks, and photographs by the legendary Raghu Rai, unfold centuries of vibrant processes and activities. Readers get a real feel of the multiple forces as they play out on this strategically located site spiritual and commercial, local and global, rebuilding and renovating, historical and emotional, native and colonial, glorious and tragic The riveting text and spectacular visuals palpably draw us into sacred precincts, forts and army camps, palaces, treasures, refugee camps, museums, bazaars, theatres Indeed a magnificent achievement! Amritsar: A City in Remembrance looks forward towards an exciting shared future for humanity. A must for global audiences. Dr. Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh- Crawford Professor and Chair of the Department of Religious Studies, Colby College. A rich kaleidoscopic viewing of Amritsar that celebrates its many urban fragments, artifacts and the people that make the social, economic and material culture of this incredible historic city. A rigorous and insightful portrayal of how architecture, urban design and citizens have coalesced over time, within the public as well as scared realms, to create, conserve and extend this unique urban landscape. Rahul Mehrotra- Architect and Professor of Urban Design and Planning, Harvard University. Seller Inventory # 135770A

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