7junipers.com » mughals

7junipers.com | Asian Art and Culture

Photo Wednesday: the Taj Mahal

11 June, 2008 (05:00) | architecture/public, premodern-modern, south asia | By: xensen

taj mahal

This image of the Taj Mahal, the mausoleum constructed by the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in the seventeenth century, is from Stuck in Customs‘s photostream.

Comments: -

Seven Junipers embraces the full range of Asian art and culture. For more information, see the "about" page. The globe below is clickable.

Follow 7 Junipers on Twitter

Korean Wrapping Cloth

This 20th-century pojagi, or wrapping cloth, was shown in a 2007 exhibition at the Honolulu Academy of Arts entitled Pojagi and Beyond.

Topics

education
eras
- 20th c
- ancient
- classical
- contemporary
- medieval
- neolithic
- premodern-modern
links
mediums
meta
regions
- china
- himalayas
- japan
- korea
- south asia
- southeast asia
- west asia
resources
Uncategorized

Today is Friday, May 18, 2012.

Artificial Rock (detail) by Zhan Wang

2005, stainless steel. China. Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. (My photo.)

Ganesha, Lord of Auspicious Beginnings

900-1000, sandstone. India, Madhya Pradesh state. Asian Art Museum, the Avery Brundage Collection, B66S8. (My photo.)