Delhi: Red Fort, Pearl Mosque, Façade
dc.contributor.author | Photographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham | |
dc.coverage.spatial | India--Delhi | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-11-06T23:14:32Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-11-06T23:14:32Z | |
dc.date.created | circa 1970s | |
dc.date.updated | 2019-11-06T23:14:32Z | |
dc.description | In general, it is possible to see the degree of Persian influence in the architectural elements of the Indo-Islamic mosques produced in the Mogul period more than in any other type of building executed during that time. This is particularly noticeable in the surroundings chosen for the mosques which, we remember, were not among the major areas of importance attached to architecture in the original Moslem state. Indian feelings on the matter demanded that a sacred building be well integrated into the natural landscape | |
dc.description | therefore, the Pearl Mosque was set with a surrounding garden and a protective wall to make it as private a sanctuary as possible. It was strictly a Hindu innovation, however, that emphasized private worship at all. Important features of the facade include the slender needle-like minarets, which are adaptations of the spires topping the cupolas elsewhere on the mosque | |
dc.description | the onion-bulb domes - beautifully engineered | |
dc.description | and the decorative carving above the portal which resembles tile work. | |
dc.format.extent | 35mm | |
dc.format.medium | slide set | |
dc.format.medium | Mounted transparency | |
dc.format.medium | b&w | |
dc.format.medium | sepia | |
dc.format.mimetype | image/tiff | |
dc.identifier | ANUA 682-2226 | |
dc.identifier.other | II-314 | |
dc.identifier.other | 11 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/182853 | |
dc.language.iso | en_AU | |
dc.provenance | Digitised by the Australian National University in 2019 | |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Basham Collection | |
dc.rights.license | This item is provided for research purposes. Contact the Australian National University Archives at butlin.archives@anu.edu.au for permission to use. | |
dc.subject | Mughal Architecture-- Mughal period Delhi | |
dc.subject | architecture | |
dc.subject | architectural ornament | |
dc.title | Delhi: Red Fort, Pearl Mosque, Façade | |
dc.type | Image | |
dspace.entity.type | ANUArchivesItem | |
local.identifier.uidSubmittedBy | u1054600 || u4962371 |
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