Budek, Herbert E.Photographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham2019-11-062019-11-06circa 1970II-777http://hdl.handle.net/1885/183226Persian elements include the arched recesses and balconies just visible, and a terrace of red sandstone ornamented with geometrically patterned jali before the tomb. Persian architects employed were Ustad Ahmad and Ustad Hamid, and use of open terraces and balconies is attributed to them. The un-Persian features include the rounding of corners with curved marble tiles, and use of pure white marble, suppressing colour.35mmslide setMounted transparencyb&wsepiaimage/tiffen-AUMughal Architecture-- Agra-- Taj Mahal, Agraarchitecturearchitectural ornamentTaj Mahal: Detail of lower façade of the tomb2019-11-06This item is provided for research purposes. Contact the Australian National University Archives at butlin.archives@anu.edu.au for permission to use.