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Language: English
Published by Thames & Hudson, 2006
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- Title
- The Complete Taj Mahal
- Author
- Koch, Ebba
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson
- Publication year
- 2006
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0500342091
- ISBN 13
- 9780500342091
- Item weight
- 4.11 pounds
- Dimensions
- N/A
Leads the reader through the whole complex and gardens of the Taj Mahal, illustrated by hundreds of new photographs and drawings and with an in-depth explanation of each building. This encounter is framed by a complete account of the mausoleums urban setting, its design and construction, its symbolic meaning, and its history up to the present day, with the result that the most familiar image in the world is suddenly endowed with new significance and added wonder.
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About the Author
Ebba Koch is on the staff of the Institut fur Kunstgeschichte (Institute of Art History) at the University of Vienna, and has been architectural adviser to the Taj Mahal Conservation Collaborative since 2001. Her last book, Mughal Architecture, is now the standard work on the subject.
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