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... flowering plants , standing on little hillocks . 106 The dado flowers are carved in sensuous detail , but they are highly ambivalent creations . Their style of representation is inspired by European herbals of the 16th and 17th ...
... flowering plants , standing on little hillocks . 106 The dado flowers are carved in sensuous detail , but they are highly ambivalent creations . Their style of representation is inspired by European herbals of the 16th and 17th ...
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... flowers also relate to the imperial realm : similar flowers appear at the same time on the dados of several palace buildings in the Agra fort - close to nature in the Shah Burj , freer in the Diwan - i Khass , and in pietra dura in the ...
... flowers also relate to the imperial realm : similar flowers appear at the same time on the dados of several palace buildings in the Agra fort - close to nature in the Shah Burj , freer in the Diwan - i Khass , and in pietra dura in the ...
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... Flowers as a symbol of Mughal kingship The flowers and plants of the Taj Mahal were intended to evoke perfect paradisiacal bloom . At the same time , they have a definite political significance . This is demonstrated by the cenotaphs of ...
... Flowers as a symbol of Mughal kingship The flowers and plants of the Taj Mahal were intended to evoke perfect paradisiacal bloom . At the same time , they have a definite political significance . This is demonstrated by the cenotaphs of ...
Contents
Preface | 6 |
Mughal Agra a riverfront garden city | 23 |
The riverfront garden city | 29 |
Copyright | |
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Agra appears arches architecture artist Bagh bazaar became Begley and Desai British building built called caravanserai cenotaph central centre century chamber complex construction corner court decoration Delhi detail dome drawing early east elements emperor entire expressed facing flanked floor flowers four garden gate give given hall historians imperial India inlaid inscriptions Islamic Jahangir Jilaukhana Kanbo Khan known Koch Lahauri later leading marble mausoleum Mihman Khana monument mosque Mughal Mumtaz Mahal Muslim niches octagonal opposite original ornament painted palace pattern pavilion Persian Photograph taken pishtaq plant platform present preserved Prince river riverfront roof rooms sandstone seen Shah Jahan shows side square stone structure surrounded Taj Mahal terrace tomb towers trans trees upper vaults verandah visited wall white marble