India: UNESCO World Heritage Sites
Editat de Shikha Jain, Vinay Sheel Oberoi, Rohit Chawlaen Limba Engleză Hardback – 29 sep 2021
A stunning photographic survey of India’s thirty-eight World Heritage Sites.
UNESCO’s World Heritage sites program aims to promote awareness and preservation of cultural heritage around the world. UNESCO chooses sites that have outstanding cultural value for all of humanity and has dedicated thirty-eight such sites in India, all of which are presented in this volume, together with commentary by architects and conservationists and stunning photographs by Rohit Chawla.
The cultural sites in India are a rich repository of the country’s long history, bearing witness to the creativity and influence of multiple communities, crafts, and religions. The sites covered in this volume are located across India. They include ancient rock art, Buddhist caves and Hindu temples, Sultanate and Mughal forts, medieval Hindu and Islamic cities, Portuguese churches, Victorian and Art Deco architecture, twentieth-century industrial heritage sites, and national parks of exceptional natural beauty.
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 3777435716
Pagini: 240
Ilustrații: 250 color plates
Dimensiuni: 262 x 312 x 26 mm
Greutate: 1.95 kg
Editura: Hirmer Publishers
Colecția Hirmer Publishers
Notă biografică
Vinay Sheel Oberoi is a retured IAS Officer, of the 1979 batch of the Assam-Meghalaya Cadre. Oberoi also served as the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of India to UNESCO from 2010 to 2014. He was the Secretary to the Government of India in the Union ministries of Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development as well as the Ministry of Women and Child Development. More recently, he is involved in an advisory role on several Central Ministry Government Committees. He has a post-graduate degree in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics.
Rohit Chawla is one of India's leading contemporary photographers. As the erstwhile Group Creative Director for the India Today Group and Open magazine, he has conceptualised and photographed over 300 magazine covers. He has had several solo exhibitions across the world and has also done three coffee table books.