Vishvesh Prabhakar Kandolkar

Gebundenes Buch

Goa's Bom Jesus as Visual Culture

The Basilica's Architecture, Image, History and Identity

Beschreibung

This book chronicles the visual history of the Basilica of Bom Jesus, one of the longest-surviving churches from Goa's Portuguese colonial era. In the 16th century, this baroque church in Old Goa was constructed to house the sacred relics of St. Francis Xavier and is emblematic of Goa Dourada or Golden Goa.

Autor

Vishvesh Prabhakar Kandolkar is Associate Professor at the Goa College of Architecture, India. His research on Goa's architectural history focuses on early modern church design as well as the evolution of Indo-Portuguese aesthetics from the colonial to the postcolonial period. His writing has appeared in peer-reviewed journals, including the Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Verge: Studies in Global Asias, the Oxford Journal of Hindu Studies, eTropic, the Journal of Human Values, and Economic and Political Weekly.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge India
• Seitenzahl: 186
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. November 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 449g
• ISBN-13: 9781032488608
• ISBN-10: 1032488603
• Artikelnr.: 71234732