The Guide to the Architecture of the Indian Subcontinent (Japanese Edition)

Kamiya, Takeo

ISBN 10: 4887061412 / ISBN 13: 9784887061415

Published by Architecture Autonomous, 2004

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Complete text in ENGLISH (the ISBN record wrongly indicates Japanese, this is the English-language edition published in Goa, translated from the Japanese by Geetha Parameswaran).

Bardez, Goa: Architecture Autonomous, in collaboration with the Jindal Art Foundation. Large softcover, 27 cm, 575 pp., approx. 1,800 colour photographs by the author, maps, plans. Bibliography pp. 537?546, indexes.

The fruit of twenty years of travel and study by Japanese architect Takeo Kamiya (b. 1946), this remains the most detailed field guide to the architecture of the subcontinent available in English: 612 buildings across 278 towns and villages of India, plus Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka, arranged by region and state, each with date, style classification, commentary and locating map. Hindu, Buddhist and Jain temple architecture, Indo-Islamic and Mughal monuments, and British colonial building are all covered.

Condition: very good. Shipped from Switzerland, carefully packed in a rigid carton with bubble wrap.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1788542108896

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Guide to the Architecture of the Indian Subcontinent (Japanese Edition)
• Publisher: Architecture Autonomous
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 4887061412
• ISBN 13: 9784887061415
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Fine
• Dimensions: 20.93W x 25.25H x 2.97D centimeters 20.93 centimeters width by 25.25 centimeters height by 2.97 centimeters depth
• Weight: 1066 grams

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Synopsis

This guidebook introduces the architecture of the Indian subcontinent including Bangladesh in great detal, revealing a great architectural culture that is richly different from that in Japan, Europe, and America. It gives the armchair traveler a visual feast with a large number of photographs, which will transport the reader to the site without having to actually travel to these magnificent but far-flung monuments. Indian architecture through the ages is included, from ancient times to the present day, along with Islamic architecture and Colonial style architecture during the British rule. Important buildings are illustrated with many photographs of the exteriors and interiors.

About the Author

Takeo Kamiya is a Japanese architect; this book is the result of twenty years of study and travel.