Banares: The City Revealed

George Michell, Rana P. B. Singh, Clare Arni, National Centre for the Performing Arts (India)

ISBN 10: 8185026726 / ISBN 13: 9788185026725

Published by Marg Publications on behalf of the National Centre for the Performing Arts, Mumbai, 2006

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152 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), maps (chiefly colour) ; 33 cm. Contents: The urban setting : a panorama / Clare Arni City maps / Klaus Rötzer Growth of the city / Rana P.B. Singh Power and patronage : Banaras in the 18th and 19th centuries / Sandria B. Freitag Vestiges of the past / T.K. Biswas Mosques and tombs / Klaus Rötzer Ghats and riverside palaces / Julia A.B. Hegewald Temple styles / George Michell The Panchakroshi temple / Niels Gutschow The Mahamaya temple murals / Prem Shankar Dwivedi Houses and mansions, caravanserais and dharmashalas / Klaus Rötzer Wells, tanks, and gardens / Klaus Rötzer Churches and civic monuments : the British contribution / Christopher W. London Threats and prospects / Vrinda Dar Historical chart, 1300-2000.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Banares: The City Revealed
• Publisher: Marg Publications on behalf of the National Centre for the Performing Arts, Mumbai
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8185026726
• ISBN 13: 9788185026725
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Art
  • Architecture
  • India

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Synopsis

Existing books on Banaras vary from evocative phot ographic treatments of the city and its picturesqu e riverside frontage to studies of present-day religious beliefs and practices. None of these, however, deal with the architecture and art of the city within a specific historical context. Banaras The City Revealed provides a close

About the Author

George Michell trained as an architect in Melbourne, and then obtained a PhD in Indian Archaeology at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, with a dissertation on Early Chalukya temples. Since then he has undertaken numerous documentation and research projects, most recently with John M. Fritz at Hampi. Surendra Kumar studied information technology in Bengaluru, and now works part-time as a photographer, specializing in panoramic topographic views. His work has been spectacularly showcased in Discovering the Deccan (Pictor, Mumbai)