Title & Author:

Vijayanagara : splendour in ruins / editor, George Michell ; preface, John Gollings ; contributors, Anila Verghese [and others].

Publication:

New Delhi : Alkazi Collection of Photography ; Ahmedabad : Mapin Pub., 2008.

Description:

247 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 29 cm

Notes:
"In association with United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-233) and indexes.
Part One Introduction -- Chapter 1 Vijayanagara in History and Memory / Anila Verghese -- Chapter 2 Vijayanagara Revealed -- Part Two The Site and its Monuments / George Michell -- Maps -- Chapter 3 Sacred Centre -- Chapter 4 Royal Centre -- Chapter 5 Urban Core -- Chapter 6 Suburban Centre -- Part Three The Site and its Photographers -- Chapter 7 Greenlaw and His Successors / Sophie Gordon -- Chapter 8 Greenlaw's Calotype Process / Mike Ware -- Part Four Documentation -- Catalogue of Photographs -- Supplementary Photographs -- Catalogue of Photographs, Drawings and Watercolours from Other Collections.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

The remarkably accomplished Alexander Greenlaw, probably the first photographer to reach Vijayanagara in South India in 1855, is known principally through his monumental paper negatives of this great Hindu city. Greenlaw, an army officer, explored the vast territory, capturing the temples, shrines, palaces and pleasure pavillions with his camera as well as recording the dramatic landscape that surrounds the ruins of this once majestic capital. While Greenlaw's response to the architecture within its spectacular natural setting is the principal focus of this book, the work of subsequent photographers at the site is also explored. Presenting the work of William Pigou, Edmund David Lyon, Nicholas & Co. and others, the role of photographers in documenting and preserving the site is examined through a comparative approach that seeks to present a comprehensive overview of commercial, archaeological and other documentray activities at Vijayanagara in the 19th century. This volume highlights the extraordinary achievement of a small group of talented individuals through a stimulating combination of text and images, which together offer a fresh vision of this magnificent site.

ISBN:

9788189995034 (Mapin)
8189995030 (Mapin)
9780944142769 (Grantha)
0944142761

Subject:

Hindu temples India Vijayanagara (Extinct city) Pictorial works.
Antiquities.
Hindu temples.
Vijayanagara (Extinct city) Pictorial works.
India Antiquities Pictorial works.
Inde Antiquités Ouvrages illustrés.
India.
India Vijayanagara (Extinct city)

Form/genre:

Pictorial works.

Added entries:

Michell, George.
Verghese, Anila.
Gollings, John
Gordon, Sophie
Ware, Mike
Unesco

Holdings:

Location: Library main 260304
Call No.: BIB 191217
Status: Available