9788186791639 - The Story of Museums Wonders of the Taj Mahal and Ajanta von Sujit-narayan-sen (2 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. pp. xxiv + 142 Illus.

Hardbound. Zustand: As New. New. Contents Preface. Introduction. I. The beginning of museums. II. The Indian Museum Kolkata. III. The wonder of the Taj Mahal. IV. The wonder of Ajanta. Select bibliography. Appendix. Index for preface and introduction. This book on museums (specially Kolkata's famous Jadughar) the Taj Mahal and Ajanta packed with valuable information avoids too many technical details to make it accessible to cross sections of readers. The author in his train has pooled in Pompeii and Herculaneum and Kolkata's Victorial Memorial Hall for a brief discourse. At the end there is a synoptic appraisal of India's painting traditions from the ancient period down to the Neo Bengal school's advent. There are a dozen coloured and eight black and white photographs which include two miniatures that possibly represent the Nawab Siraj ud Daulah and his consort Lutf un Nissa Begum. There are a contemporary portrait of Sultan Shah Sher Suri and a possible portrait of the Nana Sahib of Bithur. One can experience here the tragic features of the Mughal prince Suleiman Shikoh and a discussion on Sh. Samiuzzaman of Lucknow the last Mughal style painter of note along with his work. Here one finds the portrait of a bearded prisoner being brought before a Mughal king. The author is of the opinion that the king represents Humayun and the prisoner his rebellious brother Kamran. Jauher was an eye witness of Kamran's blinding. His painful account is reproduced in the preface. The miniatures referred to above and the caravanserai scene are for the first time brought to light in this book. Lala Deen Dayal's photograph of the Taj Mahal in 1887 lends an extra dimension here. The views of some high profile foreigners like M Jean Law the Chief of the French factory at Saidabad in Murshidabad (18 century) William Howard Russell the times correspondent covering the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857 and those of the celebrated English litterateur Aldous Huxley find a pride of place in this small book. 160 pp.