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Excerpt from Gardens of the Great Mughals
Architecture in India is still a living art, practised on the principles which caused its wonderful development in Europe in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries; and there, conse quently, and there alone, the student of architec ture has a chance of seeing the real principle of the art in action. And the shrewd Bernier''s delightful dictum: The citadel contains the Seraglio and other royal edifices; but you are not to imagine that they are such buildings as the Louvre or the Escurial. The edifices in the Fort have nothing European in their structure; nor ought they, as I have already observed, to resemble the architecture of France or Spain. It is sufficient if they have that magnificence which is suited to the climate.
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Architecture in India is still a living art, practised on the principles which caused its wonderful development in Europe in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries; and there, conse quently, and there alone, the student of architec ture has a chance of seeing the real principle of the art in action. And the shrewd Bernier''s delightful dictum: The citadel contains the Seraglio and other royal edifices; but you are not to imagine that they are such buildings as the Louvre or the Escurial. The edifices in the Fort have nothing European in their structure; nor ought they, as I have already observed, to resemble the architecture of France or Spain. It is sufficient if they have that magnificence which is suited to the climate.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
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Author
C. M. Villiers Stuart
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ISBN - 9780265296059
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm
Page Count - 362
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Author
C. M. Villiers Stuart
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ISBN - 9781332343607
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.0 cm
Page Count - 364
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