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Cosmic Dance in Stone
by Ramu Katakam
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AuthorRamu Katakam
PublisherNiyogi Books Illustrated
Synopsis
The intention of this book is to explore, through photographs and illustrations, the architectural spaces that were conceived to transcend space and time. Historians have traced their origins as also the rulers who helped build them while photographers have presented them in beautiful imagery. It was necessary, however, to understand the architectural nuances of these fine monuments, and the quality of light and space the designers were trying to achieve. It was also the discovery of James Fergusson’s original version of Illustrations of the Rock-cut Temples of India, published in 1845 when he and his team had to travel around the subcontinent without the railways, proper places to stay, or even medical help. He captured in his lithographs the essence of such architecture and maintains that there is an expression of grandeur, and of quasi eternity, in a temple cut in the rock, which is far greater than can be produced by any structural building of the same dimensions. In Cosmic Dance in Stone, there is an attempt to rediscover the quest for eternity and the relationship with the cosmos through the creation of stone structures that give a glimpse of a world beyond this one. The designers, artists, and craftsmen of a bygone age manifested qualities in a building that are rarely seen today.
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Binding: HardCover
About the author
Ramu Katakam has been a practising architect for the last 40 years. For the past decade, he has been conducting research on the traditional architecture of India. His first book, Glimpses of Architecture in Kerala: Temples and Palaces, was published in 2006. After working and living in different parts of India, he is now settled in Goa. Clare Arni is a photographer based in Bangalore, India. Her work encompasses architecture, social documentary, and cultural heritage. She has contributed to magazines like Tatler, Wallpaper, The Wall Street Journal, and Harvard Design, as well as many Indian publications. She has exhibited internationally at the Essl Museum in Vienna, Austria; Grosvenor Vadehra, London; Bose Pacia, New York; and Berkeley art museum, California, and is in the permanent collections of the Saatchi Gallery, London; the Freer/Sackler gallery of the Smithsonian Institute, Washington; and the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. Joginder Singh, an architect by training, specializes in architectural photography. Though he enjoys photographing modern Indian architecture, his interactions with architectural heritage leave him enchanted and enriched. Regional response, material expression, and spatial complexity coupled with an attention to detail form a part of his visual dialogue. His published works include Glimpses of Architecture in Kerala and Forts and Palaces of India.
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