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Jain, Shikha and Vanicka Arora (Authors). Living Heritage of Mewar, 2017 | Authored Book | 00802015

Jain, Shikha and Vanicka Arora (Authors). Living Heritage of Mewar. Ahmedabad: Mapin Publishing, 2017 | Authored Book | ArcHeritage | 00802015
Shikha Jain and Vanicka Arora (Author)
TitleLiving Heritage of Mewar
Contributor(s)Deborah Marrow, Shriji Arvind Singh Mewar, Maharana of Mewar Charitable Foundation, Media Office, The City Palace
Document TypeAuthored Book
PublisherMapin Publishing, Ahmedabad
Date of Publication2017
First Edition2017
Pages176 | ills. 165
BindingHB
LanguageEnglish
ISBN978-9385360183
Keywordsmewar | udaipur | authored-edited-books | book-bka | library

Contents

Foreword —Deborah Marrow

Preface —Arvind Singh Mewar

1. Architecture, Culture and Patronage

2. Architecture, Culture and Patronage: Founding of a New Capital

3. Architecture, Culture and Patronage: Expansion of the Palace

4. Architecture, Culture and Patronage: Blending of Styles and Ideas

5. Architecture, Culture and Patronage: Colonial Interactions and Final Phase of Expansion

6. Architecture, Culture and Patronage: Princely India, Democracy and Institutionalisation

7. Conservation and Adaptations

8. Conservation and Adaptations: Conservation of the Palace Spaces

9. Conservation and Adaptations: City Palace as a Living Museum

Bibliography

Index

Glossary

Acknowledgements

About the Publication

The City Palace at Udaipur is part of an exemplary living cultural heritage that has survived in an unbroken line of custodianship from medieval kingship to modern democracy. This volume traces the cultural lineage of the palace t... Read More

About the Author

Shikha Jain is a founding member and Director of Preservation and Community Design at Development and Research Organisation for Nature, Arts and Heritage (DRONAH). She has extensive experience in heritage conservation and serves a... Read More