Lucknow City of Illusion
Publisher: Prestel Publishing; Prestel
Published: May 30, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 295
ISBN-13: 9783791331300
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history; Photographs: collections; Urban Architecture; History Of Architecture; Architecture; India; General; History - General; Public, Commercial, or Industrial Buildings; Religious Buildings; History; Lucknow; Pictorial works
Description: The north Indian city of Lucknow extends along the banks of the river Gomti. Once the centre of a distinctive and highly sophisticated culture it embraced several religious communities and disparate ethnic types. Lucknow was also the site of some of the most violent encounters of the revolt of 1857. As a result, many of its flamboyant and culturally diverse buildings were remorselessly razed to the ground. In this publication, many striking photographs from the Alkazi collection trace the life and death of many of Lucknow's impressive building and architectural complexes. (Back cover).