Central pillar of "Hall of Public Audience"
Fatehpur Sikri
c. 1571-6

Reading
Dehejia: Ch 13

syllabus: November 16
Empire and Expression:
Mughal Tombs Palaces and Gardens

Images:

Site plan of tomb garden and forecourt with flanking structures, Taj Mahal, Agra, 1632-48

Cross-section of the Taj Mahal taken from Volwahsen, 1632-1654

Portrait of Akbar, c. 1650

View from entrance gate, Tomb of Humayun, Delhi, Architect: Mirak Mirza Ghiyas, completed in 1571

Plan, Tomb of Humayun, Delhi

Approach toward entrance gate, Tomb of Humayun, Delhi, Architect: Mirak Mirza Ghiyas, 1564-73

Exterior, general view, Tomb of Humayun, Delhi, completed in 1571

Tomb of Ghiyas al-Din, Delhi, Tughlug Sultanate, 14th c.

View from garden, Tomb of Humayun, Delhi, completed in 1571

General view, Guri-Amir Madrasa, Samarkand, Uzbekistan, 1400-04

Exterior detail, Upper façade, Tomb of Humayun, Delhi, c. 1564

Exterior detail, Upper entrance, Tomb of Humayun, Delhi, c. 1564

Interior, Sarcophogus and Jali, Tomb of Humayun, Delhi, c. 1564

Ceiling dome, Tomb of Humayun, Delhi, c. 1564

Plan: Major structures, Palace of Akbar, Fatehpur Sikri

Akbar’s pilgrimage to Ajmer in thanks for birth of Prince Mirza, Akbar-Nama, Artists: Basawan and Nand Gwaliori, c. 1590

View from outside, Buland Darwaza (main entrance to Jami Mosque), Fatehpur Sikri, 1573-4

Rear façade of the Buland Darwaza by the Masjid-i-Jami, Fatehpur Sikri, 1601-02

View from East within courtyard, Great Mosque, Fatehpur Sikri, b. 1571

View of entrance to Prayer hall and Salim Chishti’s tomb, Jami Masjid (Great Mosque), Fatehpur Sikri, b. 1571

General view, Tomb of Shaikh Salim Chishti, Fatehpur Sikri, marble, c. 1571-80

Detail, Entrance, Tomb of shaykh Salim Chishti, Fatehpur Sikri, marble, c. 1571-81

Tomb pillar, Tomb of shaykh Salim Chishti, Fatehpur Sikri, c. 1571

Detail, Porch bracket, Tomb of shaykh Salim Chishti, Fatehpur Sikri, marble, c. 1580-81

Tomb Jali (lattice), Tomb of shaykh Salim Chishti, Fatehpur Sikri, c. 1571-81

Entrance to tomb chamber, Tomb of shaykh Salim Chishti, Fatehpur Sikri, marble, 1571-81

Diwan-i-Khas, Fatehpur Sikri, c. 1571-6

Interior, throne, Diwan-i-Khas, Fatehpur Sikri, c. 1571-6

Throne platform of Akbar, Interior, Daulat Khana (palace), Diwan-i-Khas, Fatehpur Sikri, c. 1571-6

Different view, Diwan-i-Khas, Fatehpur Sikri, c. 1571-6

Panch Mahal, Fatehpur Sikri, c. 1571-6

Shah Jahan as Connoisseur of Jewels, watercolor and gold on paper, c. 1620

View from Taj platform, mosque to right of tomb, Taj Mahal, 1632-48

Exterior view, Mausoleum of Humayan, Delhi, completed in 1571

General view of the Taj Mahal, Agra, 1631-43

View from gate, Taj Mahal, Agra, 1631-43

Entrance gate, Taj Mahal, Agra, 1631-43

Different general View, Taj Mahal, Agra, 1631-43

Exterior, Detail of dome, Taj Mahal, Agra, 1631-43

Exterior, Central arch, Taj Mahal, Agra, 1631-43

Interior, Detail of tomb screen decoration, Taj Mahal, Agra, 1632-54

Interior, Railing and cenotaphs of Shah Vahan and Mumtaz Mahal, 1631 and 1666, Taj Mahal, Agra

Domes, Taj Mahal, Agra, 1632-54

Floral panel from portal, Taj Mahal, Agra, 1632-54

Interior, Detail of tomb screen decoration, Taj Mahal, Agra, 1632-54

Interior, Marble Graves, upper level, Taj Mahal, Agra, 1632-48

View of red sandstone walls and western entrance (Lahore gate), Red Fort, Delhi, 1638-48

Interior, Throne, Diwan-i-Am (Hall of Public Audience), Red Fort, Delhi, 1638-48

Interior, Imported plaque of Orpheus playing lute, Diwan-i-Am (Hall of Public Audience), Red Fort, Delhi, 1638-48

General view, Interior, Central Bath, Hammams (bath house), Red Fort, Delhi, 1638-48

Interior, Changing room, Hammams (bath house), Red Fort, Delhi, 1638-48

Interior, View of sandstone bays, Diwan-i-Am (Hall of Public Audience), Red Fort, Delhi, 1638-48

Interior, Marble dais before throne, Diwan-i-Am (Hall of Public Audience), Red Fort, Delhi, 1638-48

Back wall of the niche behind Shah Jahan’s throne, Red Fort, Delhi, 1638-48

Start of water channel running through palace, Red Fort, Delhi, 1638-48

Detail, Inlay: floral design, Red Fort, Delhi, 1638-48

Terms:

chahar/char-bagh (4 part garden)
hasht behisht (8 paradises; groundplan of building)
double-shelled dome
jali (screen)
serpentine brackets
Akbar
Humayun's tomb
Fatehpur Sikri
Buland Darwaza
Jami Masjid
Salim Chisti
Panch Mahal
Diwan-i-Khas