George Michell
Biographic Data
| ID | 334438 |
|---|---|
| NAME | George Michell |
| GIVEN NAMES | George |
| FAMILY NAME | Michell |
| SIGNATURE | MICHELL G |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 34 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 29 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 33 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The Maratha Complex at Ellora
The cave-temples at Ellora, dating back to the sixth century, are well known to scholars and visitors, in contrast to the nearby Hindu memorials (samadhis), temple, and tank associated with the Marathas. These later monuments were sponsored by figures belonging to the Bhonsle and Holkar Maratha families, who at different times held the estate of what was then known as Verul. The samadhis of the early-seventeenth century Bhonsles, ancestors of the…
Indian Islamic Architecture: Forms and Typologies, Sites and Monuments
"The British scholar John Burton-Page contributed numerous formative articles on Indian Islamic architecture for the Encyclopaedia of Islam over a period of 25 years. Assembled here for the first time, these offer an insightful overview of the subject, ranging from the earliest mosques and tombs erected by the Delhi sultans in the 13th, 14th and 15th centuries, to the great monuments of the Mughal emperors dating from the 16th and 17th centuries.…
Bijapur
Srirangam
Bidar
Hampi
Tiruvannamalai
Indian subcontinent: Architecture from the 11th–16th centuries
Gulbarga
Indian subcontinent: Architecture from the 16th–19th centuries
Golconda
Hyderabad
Architecture and Art of the Deccan Sultanates
The Muslim kingdoms of the Deccan plateau flourished from the fourteenth to eighteenth centuries. During this period, the Deccan sultans built palaces, mosques and tombs, and patronised artists who produced paintings and decorative objects. Many of these buildings and works of art still survive as testimony to the sophisticated techniques of their craftsmen. This volume is the first to offer an overall survey of these architectural and artistic t…
M. A. Dhaky: Encyclopedia of Indian temple architecture, Vol. I, part 3:South India, Upper Drāvidadēśa, Later Phase, A.D. 973–1326. [in two parts]. I: xix, 598; Delhi: American Institute of Indian Stu…
M. A. Dhaky: Encyclopedia of Indian temple architecture, Vol. I, part 3:South India, Upper Drāvidadēśa, Later Phase, A.D. 973–1326. [in two parts]. I: xix, 598; Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies and Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, 1996. Rs. 4,000 set. - Volume 61 Issue 1
Niels Gutschow: The Nepalese caitya: 1500 years of Buddhist votive architecture in the Kathmanda Valley. With drawings by Bijay Basukala and an essay by David Gellner. (Lumbuni International Research …
Niels Gutschow: The Nepalese caitya: 1500 years of Buddhist votive architecture in the Kathmandu Valley. With drawings by Bijay Basukala and an essay by David Gellner. (Lumbuni International Research Institute Monograph Series, l.) 328pp. Stuttgart/London: Edition Axel Menges, 1997. £79, $128. - Volume 61 Issue 2
The Ramasvami Temple, Kumbakonam
Le present article traite du temple de Ramasvami, dans la region du delta de Kaveri qu'est le Tamil Nadu. Des etudes sur le terrain ont ete conduites entre janvier et avril 1996, rassemblant des chercheurs de disciplines variees. La finalite principale de ces travaux etait d'etudier la configuration urbaine et architecturale de la ville ainsi que ses composantes artistiques dans un contexte historique, culturel et religieux approprie. Le temple d…
Architecture and Art of Southern India: Vijayanagara and the Successor States 1350–1750
George Michell provides a pioneering and richly illustrated introduction to the architecture, sculpture and painting of southern India under the Vijayanagara empire and the states that succeeded it. This period, encompassing some four hundred years, from the fourteenth to the eighteenth centuries, was endowed with an abundance of religious and royal monuments which remain as testimonies to the history and ideology behind their evolution. The auth…
Architecture and art of southern India: Vijayanagara and the successor states
George Michell provides a pioneering and richly illustrated introduction to the architecture, sculpture and painting of Southern India under the Vijayanagara empire and the states that succeeded it. This period, encompassing some four hundred years, from the fourteenth to the eighteenth century, was endowed with an abundance of religious and royal monuments which remain as testimonies to the history and ideology behind their evolution. The author…
Mughal and Rajput Painting, The New Cambridge History of India I.3
Firuzabad: Palace City of the Deccan
In the heart of India's Deccan Plateau lies the ruined city of Firuzabad, the royal palace and second capital of Sultan Firuz Shah Bahmani (r.1397-1422). Built in the early years of the fifteenth century, the city displays a remarkably unified conception of Indo-Muslim architecture. But Firuzabad slipped into oblivion shortly after the death of its patron, and has since remained virtually unnoticed by archaeologists and art historians alike. In t…
Reflections on Vijayanagara
City as Cosmogram: The Circular Plan of Warangal
(1992). City as Cosmogram: The Circular Plan of Warangal. South Asian Studies: Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 1-18
Courtly Architecture at Gingee Under the Nayakas
(1991). Courtly Architecture at Gingee Under the Nayakas. South Asian Studies: Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 143-160
Animals in Four Worlds: Sculptures from India
The Hindu Temple: An Introduction to Its Meaning and Forms
The Hindu Temple: An Introduction to Its Meaning and Forms
Where Kings and Gods Meet: The Royal Centre at Vijayanagara, India
Interpreting the plan of a medieval Hindu capital, Vijayanagara
Despite its sack in 1565, Vijayanagara remains the best preserved medieval Hindu capital in India. An archaeological investigation of its urban layout and chief monuments is currently being undertaken by both Indian and foreign teams. We are particularly concerned to estimate the morphology of the city plan, as well as the forms of individual elements such as walls, roads, gateways, hydraulic works, residential quarters, palaces, civic buildings,…
City as Cosmogram: The Circular Plan of Warangal
(1992). City as Cosmogram: The Circular Plan of Warangal. South Asian Studies: Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 1-18
The Ramasvami Temple, Kumbakonam
Le present article traite du temple de Ramasvami, dans la region du delta de Kaveri qu'est le Tamil Nadu. Des etudes sur le terrain ont ete conduites entre janvier et avril 1996, rassemblant des chercheurs de disciplines variees. La finalite principale de ces travaux etait d'etudier la configuration urbaine et architecturale de la ville ainsi que ses composantes artistiques dans un contexte historique, culturel et religieux approprie. Le temple d…
Firuzabad: Palace City of the Deccan
In the heart of India's Deccan Plateau lies the ruined city of Firuzabad, the royal palace and second capital of Sultan Firuz Shah Bahmani (r.1397-1422). Built in the early years of the fifteenth century, the city displays a remarkably unified conception of Indo-Muslim architecture. But Firuzabad slipped into oblivion shortly after the death of its patron, and has since remained virtually unnoticed by archaeologists and art historians alike. In t…
Temples de l'Inde centrale et occidentale: Etude stylistique et essai de chronologie relative du VIe au milieu du Xe siecle
An Architectural Description and Analysis of the Early Western Calukyan Temples
Early Western Calukyan Temples
Vijayanagara: The architectural record
(1985). Vijayanagara: the architectural record. South Asian Studies: Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 19-41
Where Kings and Gods Meet
Interpreting the plan of a medieval Hindu capital, Vijayanagara
Despite its sack in 1565, Vijayanagara remains the best preserved medieval Hindu capital in India. An archaeological investigation of its urban layout and chief monuments is currently being undertaken by both Indian and foreign teams. We are particularly concerned to estimate the morphology of the city plan, as well as the forms of individual elements such as walls, roads, gateways, hydraulic works, residential quarters, palaces, civic buildings,…
Where Kings and Gods Meet: The Royal Centre at Vijayanagara, India
L'espace du temple. 2 Vols. I: Espaces, itinéraires, médiations. II: les sanctuaires dans le royaume. Études réuniesparJean-Claude Galey. (Centre d'Études de l'Inde et de l'Asie du Sud. Collections pu…
L'espace du temple. 2 Vols. I: Espaces, itinéraires, médiations. II: les sanctuaires dans le royaume. Études réuniesparJean-Claude Galey. (Centre d'Études de l'Inde et de l'Asie du Sud. Collections puruṣārtha, Nos. 8 and 10.)I: pp. 202 illus., maps. II: pp. 192, illus., maps. Paris, Éditions de l'École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, 1986. Fr. 170. - Volume 120 Issue 1
Darasuram: Epigraphical study, étude architecturale, étude iconographique. Tome I: Texte. Tome Ii: Planches. ParFrançoise l'Hernault avec des collaborations de P. R. Srinivasan et de Jacques Dumarçay.…
Darasuram: epigraphical study, étude architecturale, étude iconographique. Tome I: Texte. Tome Ii: Planches. ParFrançoise l'Hernault avec des collaborations de P. R. Srinivasan et de Jacques Dumarçay. (Publications de l'École Française d'Extrême-Orient, Mémoires Archéologiques XVI.) Tome I; pp. viii, 146, 37 figs., 195 photographs, 2 map. Tome II; 46 plans. Paris, École Française d'Extrême-Orient, 1987. - Volume 120 Issue 1
The Hindu Temple: An Introduction to Its Meaning and Forms
Courtly Architecture at Gingee Under the Nayakas
(1991). Courtly Architecture at Gingee Under the Nayakas. South Asian Studies: Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 143-160
Animals in Four Worlds: Sculptures from India
City as Cosmogram: The Circular Plan of Warangal
(1992). City as Cosmogram: The Circular Plan of Warangal. South Asian Studies: Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 1-18
Reflections on Vijayanagara
Mughal and Rajput Painting, The New Cambridge History of India I.3
Firuzabad: Palace City of the Deccan
In the heart of India's Deccan Plateau lies the ruined city of Firuzabad, the royal palace and second capital of Sultan Firuz Shah Bahmani (r.1397-1422). Built in the early years of the fifteenth century, the city displays a remarkably unified conception of Indo-Muslim architecture. But Firuzabad slipped into oblivion shortly after the death of its patron, and has since remained virtually unnoticed by archaeologists and art historians alike. In t…
Architecture and Art of Southern India: Vijayanagara and the Successor States 1350–1750
George Michell provides a pioneering and richly illustrated introduction to the architecture, sculpture and painting of southern India under the Vijayanagara empire and the states that succeeded it. This period, encompassing some four hundred years, from the fourteenth to the eighteenth centuries, was endowed with an abundance of religious and royal monuments which remain as testimonies to the history and ideology behind their evolution. The auth…
Architecture and art of southern India: Vijayanagara and the successor states
George Michell provides a pioneering and richly illustrated introduction to the architecture, sculpture and painting of Southern India under the Vijayanagara empire and the states that succeeded it. This period, encompassing some four hundred years, from the fourteenth to the eighteenth century, was endowed with an abundance of religious and royal monuments which remain as testimonies to the history and ideology behind their evolution. The author…
The Ramasvami Temple, Kumbakonam
Le present article traite du temple de Ramasvami, dans la region du delta de Kaveri qu'est le Tamil Nadu. Des etudes sur le terrain ont ete conduites entre janvier et avril 1996, rassemblant des chercheurs de disciplines variees. La finalite principale de ces travaux etait d'etudier la configuration urbaine et architecturale de la ville ainsi que ses composantes artistiques dans un contexte historique, culturel et religieux approprie. Le temple d…
M. A. Dhaky: Encyclopedia of Indian temple architecture, Vol. I, part 3:South India, Upper Drāvidadēśa, Later Phase, A.D. 973–1326. [in two parts]. I: xix, 598; Delhi: American Institute of Indian Stu…
M. A. Dhaky: Encyclopedia of Indian temple architecture, Vol. I, part 3:South India, Upper Drāvidadēśa, Later Phase, A.D. 973–1326. [in two parts]. I: xix, 598; Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies and Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, 1996. Rs. 4,000 set. - Volume 61 Issue 1
Niels Gutschow: The Nepalese caitya: 1500 years of Buddhist votive architecture in the Kathmanda Valley. With drawings by Bijay Basukala and an essay by David Gellner. (Lumbuni International Research …
Niels Gutschow: The Nepalese caitya: 1500 years of Buddhist votive architecture in the Kathmandu Valley. With drawings by Bijay Basukala and an essay by David Gellner. (Lumbuni International Research Institute Monograph Series, l.) 328pp. Stuttgart/London: Edition Axel Menges, 1997. £79, $128. - Volume 61 Issue 2
Architecture and Art of the Deccan Sultanates
The Muslim kingdoms of the Deccan plateau flourished from the fourteenth to eighteenth centuries. During this period, the Deccan sultans built palaces, mosques and tombs, and patronised artists who produced paintings and decorative objects. Many of these buildings and works of art still survive as testimony to the sophisticated techniques of their craftsmen. This volume is the first to offer an overall survey of these architectural and artistic t…
Bijapur
Srirangam
Bidar
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