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Taj Mahal
by M.C. Joshi • Jean-Louis Nou (Photographer) • Amina Okada
- ART & ARCHITECTURE
- 1993
- HARD COVER
- 231 PAGES
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An informative, photographic tribute to the great monument with accompanying essays on history, design and inscriptions by Amina Okada, curator of the Musee National des Arts Asiatiques Guimet in Paris, and M.C. Joshi of the Archaeological Survey of New Delhi. With 158 full-color photographs (including four magnificent foldout pictures) by the late Jean-Louis Nou (to whom the book is dedicated). Nou balances exterior and large-scale views with many detailed, close-up photographs of inscriptions, flora designs and sculpture. With a floor plan, quotations from the Koran and brief excerpts from travelers' accounts.
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by Ebba Koch
- ART & ARCHITECTURE
- 2006
- HARD COVER
- 288 PAGES
An authoritative, spectacular overview of Taj Mahal and Mughal Agra, featuring 378 illustrations, 218 in color (including detailed site plans). (IDA332, $75.00)
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