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Booklist Review
A quick perusal illustrates the fact that Indian palaces are most often vast complexes of enormous dimensions. And although ruins outnumber well-maintained structures, Michell animates all the many stunning examples of Hindu and Muslim fortresses and royal residences portrayed in the illuminating photographs. An insightful text offers an overview of India's history as it is revealed through descriptions of various architectural styles and how they developed. Among the book's incredible images are interior details of spectacular carvings, mirror-work patterns, murals, and tile work, and facades are aglow with saturated red sandstone, colored friezes, and copper-wrapped domes punctuating the blue skies surrounding them. ~--Alice Joyce
Choice Review
The spectacular sites, monumental size, precious materials, and colorful decoration of royal palaces from the 14th century to the end of the Raj that are illustrated in this collection of 206 color plates will appeal to a large audience. Architectural photographer Antonio Martinelli's numerous views of these Indo-Islamic complexes are excellent, despite the too-intense color printing of some plates. The text by George Michell, a British architectural historian (The Penguin Guide to the Monuments of India, v.1, 1989) is basic but authoritative. After a general introduction to courtly life and its architectural needs, the pictures and text are grouped into six regional or chronological chapters, each with a short preface followed by descriptions of the individual sites, aided by prints, maps, and plans. The book is recommended primarily for undergraduates, but graduate students, faculty, and professionals could use it as a convenient survey of the important surviving palaces in India or as a pictorial supplement to less lavishly illustrated regional studies such as George Michell's The Vijayanagara Courtly Style (1992) or G.H.R. Tillotson's The Rajput Palaces (1987). Glossary of Indian terms. M. Morehart; University of British Columbia
