The History of Architecture in India
This copy signed by British artist and sculptor David Heathcote
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Printing Details
First edition, second printing. Paperback. 26.5 × 26.5cm, 336pp.
From the library of British artist David Heathcote (b.1931), with his handwritten name to the ffep. He studied at the Canterbury College of Art before completing his training at the Slade School of Fine Art in London under Keith Vaughan and Claude Rogers. Heathcote is a multi-disciplinary artist, including paintings, prints, and sculpture. His artistic style has been shaped by the twenty years which he spent living in Zimbabwe and Nigeria at the beginning of his career (his first solo exhibition was held in Zimbabwe in 1961). Other notable exhibitions and galleries include the Young Contemporaries Exhibition at the RBA Gallery in London in 1958, the Ahmadu Bello University and British Council Galleries in Nigeria, the Beckel Odille Boïcos Gallery in Paris, and at GV Art in London.
This is the first ever modern monograph to draw together all the strands of India's architectural history—from the Vedic and native traditions of early India, through Hindu, Buddhist, Islamic and secular architecture, to the eclecticism of the British Raj.
The History of Architecture in India provides the essential background information on invasions and migrations, dynasties, religion, symbolism and myth in the development of characteristic forms. Hundreds of photographs, engravings, maps, plans and elevations are closely integrated with rigorous but accessible text, resulting in a tome essential for scholars and anyone interested in one of the world's richest architectural traditions.
Condition
Good condition. There is creasing to the spine and some spotted foxing to the page edges but the contents are in very good condition.
ISBN
9780714829609
Price
£25.00
