Agra: Taj Mahal, Tomb Detail of windows

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dc.contributor.authorPhotographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham
dc.coverage.spatialIndia--Agra--Uttar Pradesh
dc.date.accessioned2019-11-06T23:46:30Z
dc.date.available2019-11-06T23:46:30Z
dc.date.createdcirca 1970s
dc.date.updated2019-11-06T23:46:30Z
dc.descriptionFour of the five common Islamic decorational designs are carefully intermingled with Kashmiric, Bengali and Persian types for the ornaments of the Taj. We have previously mentioned the geometric designs
dc.descriptionthis is the first of the four elements. The second is the vegetal motifs, the delicacy of which is a Kashmiric innovation, and the third is the use of script as an abstract design to frame the openings of the windows (seen around the Mihrab shape to the left). Fourth, pure abstract forms run in the scale-like patterns seen on the slender minarets. These are highly common in Islamic building as well as Persian in a somewhat different application and are used to suggest three-dimensional surfaces where they do not necessarily exist. Notice that the Mihrab-shaped windows are deep and do not employ the jali screening to shut down their space. The clear cut design of the Taj as a whole dictates this measure. The recessed balconies are part of the Persian innovations mentioned above.
dc.format.extent35mm
dc.format.mediumslide set
dc.format.mediumMounted transparency
dc.format.mediumb&w
dc.format.mediumsepia
dc.format.mimetypeimage/tiff
dc.identifierANUA 682-2623
dc.identifier.otherII-780
dc.identifier.other29
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/183229
dc.language.isoen_AU
dc.provenanceDigitised by the Australian National University in 2019
dc.relation.ispartofseriesBasham Collection
dc.rights.licenseThis item is provided for research purposes. Contact the Australian National University Archives at butlin.archives@anu.edu.au for permission to use.
dc.subjectMughal Architecture-- Agra-- Taj Mahal, Agra
dc.subjectarchitecture
dc.subjectarchitectural ornament
dc.titleAgra: Taj Mahal, Tomb Detail of windows
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