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Photo 732
- Record Id:
- 032-003101613
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003101613
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100026021938.0x000742
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 732
- Title:
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Views of Vijayanagara. Photographer: Snehal Shah
- Scope & Content:
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Collection of 38 loose unmounted gelatin silver prints, each with handwritten captions on verso and the photographer's wet-stamp. The photographs (copyright held by photographer) were exhibited by T. Richard Blurton at Goldsmiths, RIBA, Riverside etc, and are listed in an accompanying typescript as follows:
'1. View of Hemkuta Hill and Virupaksha Temple from the other side of river Tungbhadra.; 2. Aereal view of Achutaraya Temple; 3. Malyavanta Hill Temple with its rock shrine; 4. View of Aqueduct; 5. Stone enclosure walls of Zanana residence; 6. View of Lotus Mahal; 7. Interior view of Lotus Mahal; 8. Stucco decoration near the eave of Lotus Mahal; 9' View of the front elevation of so called Guards Quarters, probably a Treasury; 10. Details of preceding; 11-12. Watch tower of Zanana enclosure; 13. Front view of Elephant stables; 14. View of the courtyard of the actual guards Quarters; 15. Front view of the Queens Bath; 16. Interior of Queens Bath; 17. View of the corridor around the Queens Bath; 18. View from the balcony of the Queens Bath; 19. Motifs on the ceiling of the Queens Bath; 20. Sculptures on the Mahanavmi Dibba (the Great Platform); 21. Motifs on the lower level of the platform; 22. Enclosure wall of the Rama Temple; 23. The main shrine of the Rama Temple; 24. Court yard of the Rama Temple; 25. Motifs on the shikhara parapet of Rama Temple; 26. Hanuman on one of the pillar of the Rama Temple; 27. Courtyard of the Virupaksha Temple, in the front is the Dwaja Stambha; 28. Inside of the Virupaksha Temple, with gopuram at far end; 29. Inside of the main temple, main shrine on the right; 30. The ritual tank in front of the Virupaksha temple; 31. Paintings on the ceiling of the Virupaksha temple; 32. The Nandi in front of the Linga in underground temple near the Virupaksha temple; 33. End of the chariot path of the Virupaksha Temple; 34. Tank on the chariot path of the Vithala Temple; 35. The stone chariot of Vithala Temple; 36-37. Interior of the Mandapa; 38. Dancer on the column of the Vithala Temple.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003101613", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Photo 732: Views of Vijayanagara. Photographer: Snehal Shah" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003101613
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003101613
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
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38 prints
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Techniques:
- Gelatin Silver Print
Photograph
Photographic Print - Start Date:
- 1980
- End Date:
- 1989
- Date Range:
- 1980s
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 203 mm x 254 mm
- Source of Acquisition:
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Purchased from Snehal Shah.
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Known
- Names:
- Shah, Snehal
Shah, Snehal
Shah, Snehal
Shah, Snehal - Subjects:
- Architectural Types
Architecture
Hindu Temples
Ramachandra Temple (Vijayanagara)
Religious Buildings
Temples - Places:
- Hampi, Karnataka, Karnātaka, India, Asia, South Asia
Vijayanagara, Karnataka, India