Delhi: Red Fort, Pearl Mosque Exterior

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dc.contributor.authorPhotographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham
dc.coverage.spatialIndia--Delhi
dc.date.accessioned2019-11-06T23:14:22Z
dc.date.available2019-11-06T23:14:22Z
dc.date.createdcirca 1970s
dc.date.updated2019-11-06T23:14:22Z
dc.descriptionMosque building is based on many old traditions at Delhi, the most important of which is the inherent feeling of unity conveyed in the buildings of mosques collectively. To separate any mosque into its component parts would be to destroy the unity of the whole. As Ernst Kuhnel has stated, the monumentality of the mosque is to be sought in its overall size rather than in its particulars. At the Red Fort compound at Delhi is a rather small mosque, for which this characteristic of monumentality strangely holds true, regardless of overall size. The little Pearl Mosque by Aurangzeb is built entirely of marble and dates to about 1659. Taken in total, the mosque does have a monumental character, for its collective strength is fortified by a series of massive units such as its magnificent domes.
dc.format.extent35mm
dc.format.mediumslide set
dc.format.mediumMounted transparency
dc.format.mediumb&w
dc.format.mediumsepia
dc.format.mimetypeimage/tiff
dc.identifierANUA 682-2224
dc.identifier.otherII-312
dc.identifier.other10
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/182851
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-- Mughal period Delhi
dc.subjectarchitecture
dc.titleDelhi: Red Fort, Pearl Mosque Exterior
dc.typeImage
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