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The Monumental India Book

 
Amit Pasricha (Author)
Synopsis The Monumental India Book presents breathtaking panoramic views of North India's famed monuments and sites as well as the region's little-known architectural gems. Covering fascinating typologies, it features sprawling Hindu and Jain temple complexes, imposing Islamic tombs and mosques, serene Buddhist monasteries and stupas, colonial and royal palaces, and majestic forts. The camera enters magnificent Darbar Halls where Maharajas once held formal audience, and the opulent interiors of their private apartments, with mirrored decorations, chandeliers, and heavy brocades. Beginning high in the Zanskar Mountains, Amit Pasricha photographs the 13 century Thiksey Monastery that clings to a hillside in Ladakh. In Chandigarh, he captures Le Corbusier's revolutionary design that altered the course of modern Indian architecture, and in Agra and Delhi, the iconic Taj Mahal and the colonial North and South Blocks. He travels across the deserts of Rajasthan to the massive 15 century Rajput Fort of Kumbalgarh, and crosses the plains to Madhya Pradesh for the sparkling Jai Vilas Palace and the second century BCE Sanchi Stupa, ending this incredible journey at the prehistoric Bhimbetka Caves. Amit Pasricha enlists the elements - sun, snow, mist, and cloud - to give the photographs cosmic drama, and his mastery of the panoramic format underscores the majesty of nature and the glory of manmade structures. His images capture the broad sweep of an edifice along with its finest, most intricate details. Aman Nath's insightful text completes this beautiful collection of photographs, making The Monumental India Book a limited edition to be preserved and treasured.
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About the author

Amit Pasricha

Amit Pasricha lives in New Delhi and comes from a family of photographers. India's foremost panoramic photographer, he is well known for his architectural and social documentary work and has been exhibited in India, London and New York, Pasricha's most recent publications are the panoramic collector's editions, The Monumental India Book (acclaimed as one of teh world's ten best coffee-table books fo 2009) and The Sacred India Book, winners of the Indian Tourism Award in 2008 and 2011 respectively.

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Bibliographic information

Title The Monumental India Book
Author Amit Pasricha
Format Hardcover
Date published: 09.02.2007
Edition 1st ed.
Language: English
isbn 8190472005
length 224p., Illustrations