Main entry:

Petruccioli, Attilio, 1945-

Title & Author:

Fatehpur Sikri / text, Attilio Petruccioli ; photographs, Thomas Dix ; [English translation, Cynthia Ipsen].

Publication:

Berlin : Ernst & Sohn, ©1992.

Description:

55 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm.

Series:

Opus ; 5

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Fatehpur Sikri or the poetics of fragments -- On the real reason for building Fatehpur Sikri -- Palace -- palace as a self-portrait of God -- Naya Khanqah or the Great Mosque -- old convent of Salim Chishti -- poetics of fragments -- Pictorial section -- Plans -- Panoramic view -- Charsu -- Hathi Pol -- Diwan-i-Amm -- Panch Mahal -- Anup Talao, Khwabgah and pavilion of the Turkish Sultana -- Diwan-i-Khass 42 -- Sonahra Makan -- Jodhbai -- Stables -- House of Raja Birbal -- Hiran Minar -- Jami Masjid -- Tomb of Salim Chishti.
Translated from the German.

Summary:

"Fatehpur Sikri is an enigma wrapped in a mystery. It was built in the space of 14 years (1570 to 1584) by a monarch with a liking for architecture, then abandoned for no apparent reason. Today it is a frozen piece of history. Visitors strolling through it with this book as their guide can take themselves back to India's golden age and imagine the Mogul court's magnificence and pomp bringing to life the buildings that stand mute today. In fact the whole complex is a mighty allegorical machine intended to express the unnuttered: Akbar's anxiety and longing to join the pantheon of the gods. The main areas of the palace, the Diwan-i-Amm, the Ibadat Khana, the Anup Talao and the Diwan-i-Khass have no specific function; they were shaped by rites focused on the character of the king. The fanciful architectural forms are not due to mere whim, but draw upon popular Indian culture." "This book suggests that these red sandstone monuments are a synthesis of the nomadic world of the meadows and the sedentary world of India. The palace is laid out like a camp built in stone, but the fine individual buildings are accurate translations of wooden rural architecture into stone. Fatehpur Sikri is the supreme expression of a happy moment of political and religious synthesis: it speaks directly to the Indian heart, but is a monument for all mankind."--BOOK JACKET.

ISBN:

3433027056
9783433027059

Subject:

Akbar, Emperor of Hindustan, 1542-1605.
Palaces India Fatehpur Sikri.
Architecture, Mughal Empire India Fatehpur Sikri.
Islamic architecture India Fatehpur Sikri.
Palais Inde Fatehpur Sīkri.
Architecture moghole Inde Fatehpur Sīkri.
Architecture islamique Inde Fatehpur Sīkri.
Architecture, Mughal Empire
Buildings
Islamic architecture
Palaces
Baudenkmal
Bildband
Palaces India.
Architecture, Mogul India Fatehpur Sikri.
Fatehpur Sikri (India) Buildings, structures, etc.
Fatehpur Sikri (India) Pictorial works.
India Fatehpur Sikri
Fatehpur-Sikri
Fatehpur Sikri (India) Palaces.

Form/genre:

Illustrated works

Added entries:

Dix, Thomas.
Opus (Berlin, Germany) ; 5.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 74028
Call No.: ID:92-B1934
Status: Available