Overview for Silent Splendour: Palaces of the Deccan, 14th-19th Centuries
Silent Splendour : Palaces of the Deccan, 14th-19th Centuries examines the private and ceremonial structures found in the five principal dynastic capitals and administrative centres of the Deccan during the 14th-19th centuries. The Indo-Islamic courtly cultures of the different dynasties that ruled the Deccan, with their surrounding garden areas and water resources, have been considered as one entity for the first time. The authors offer much new data and interpretations based on recent research. The articles and photographs offer a fresh look at both familiar and unfamiliar buildings, capturing the architectural inventiveness and dazzling details of these now silent but splendid palaces.
Helen Philon (Editor)
Helen Philon, a freelance Islamic art historian, has founded the Department of Islamic Art at the Benaki Museum, Athens where she was curator for a number of years. In 1981, she published Early Islamic Ceramics at the Benaki Museum. Her PhD on the “Religious and Royal Architecture of the Early Bahmanis” (2005) analyses the monuments of this period within their multi-ethnic cultural and religious context. She is interested in intercultural relations.
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