Embodied vision : (Record no. 66832)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9789383098484
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 720.9542 MEH-J
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Mehta, Jaimini
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Embodied vision :
Remainder of title interpreting the architecture of Fatehpur Sikri /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Jaimini Mehta
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc. India
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Niyogi Books
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2014
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 160 p.
365 ## - TRADE PRICE
Price type code INR
Price amount 1995.00.
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note From the Inside Flap:<br/>Departing from the conventional path of describing and explaining the architecture of Fatehpur Sikri, Prof. Jaimini Mehta delves into a series of representations the Mughal city has been subjected to and concludes that there is an inexorable tension at its core embodied in the constantly shifting axes, complex rhythms, raising or lowering of the ground planes, juxtapositions of mythical symbols and the conflicting pulls of traditions and human will. The space of Fatehpur Sikri is revealed to us through perception more than through geometry.<br/>Prof. Mehta's unconventional interpretation of the architecture of Fatehpur Sikri emanates from his exploration of the history of architectural representation and leads him to conclude that the tools of designing, representation and analysis, i.e. various kinds of drawings, which we normally use today, did not exist in sixteenth century India when Fatehpur Sikri was built. These drawings, which assume our "mind's eye" hovering above the city and taking in the whole of reality at once, have failed to represent the existential lived experience of inhabitation of architecture. An interpretation of architecture, based on the embodied vision of the retina, together with all the other perceptual faculties of the entire body of the observer, moving through space on two feet, opens up qualities inherent to the essence of architecture as a thoughtful system of ordering mass and space through a visual continuum; aided by the temporal, experiential engagement of the owner of that vision - the spectator, us, each one of us. This generates a narrative, or, more precisely, a thousand narratives, where each one validates architecture.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element India--Fatehpur Sikri
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Architecture
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Islamic architecture
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Architecture, Mogul Empire
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Buildings
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Geometry in architecture
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  Dewey Decimal Classification     720 BITS Pilani Hyderabad BITS Pilani Hyderabad General Stack (For lending) 23/07/2021 720.9542 MEH-J 42301 13/07/2024 23/07/2021 Books
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