Indian Architecture in Postcards

Eleonore Muhidine

ISBN 10: 3837667162 / ISBN 13: 9783837667165

Published by Transcript Verlag, DE, 2023

About this Item

Focusing on a private collection of 60 postcards of modern architecture in Mumbai, New Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai and Agra, the contributors to this volume explore the many dimensions of modern architecture in India from the 1890s to the 1970s and share their own perspective on these objects. Experts on architectural history and visual studies, as well as postcard collectors provide new insights into a territory and its architectural heritage which is still largely unknown in Europe, and reflect on the postcard as a medium for historical research.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Indian Architecture in Postcards
• Publisher: Transcript Verlag, DE
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3837667162
• ISBN 13: 9783837667165
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Focusing on a private collection of 60 postcards of modern architecture in Mumbai, New Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai and Agra, the contributors to this volume explore the many dimensions of modern architecture in India from the 1890s to the 1970s and share their own perspective on these objects. Experts on architectural history and visual studies, as well as postcard collectors provide new insights into a territory and its architectural heritage which is still largely unknown in Europe, and reflect on the postcard as a medium for historical research.

About the Author

Eleonore Muhidine (PhD), born in 1988, is a research assistant at the Department City Building Culture at Fachhochschule Potsdam. She studied art history in Paris, Rennes and Berlin. Her research focuses on 20th century architecture and urban planning in Germany and India.