Architecture Decorated With Architecture: Later Medieval Temples of Karnataka, 1000 - 1300 Ad

by Gerard Foekema

This book gives a detailed analysis of architectural designs found in Indian temples built in Karnataka in the period 1000-1300 A.D., and a view on the architectural features common to all sophisticated temples built in medieval India. Indian temples are decorated with architecture in an ingenious way not found elsewhere in the world, and in medieval Karnataka that special use of architecture reached a climax. Both text and illustrations are a complete and unabridged publication of a Ph.D.-thesis submitted at Leiden University (Leiden, The Netherlands) in 2003.

293 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

1943: born in Velsen on August 8
1961: final examination HBS-B, Haarlem.
1969: MA exam philosophy and physics, University of Amsterdam
1969-1970: teacher in physics, Ignatius-College, Amsterdam
1970-1989: member of the administration of FOM (Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter), Utrecht, and of the Department of Mathematics and Physics, University of Amsterdam
1977: first trip to India, as a tourist
1978-1979: first trip to Karnataka for research on temple architecture
1980-1985: research trips to India with the help of professor Van Lohuizen-De Leeuw and dr Nandana Chutiwongs
1988-2014: research trips to India with the help of professor M.A. Dhaky and professor Adam Hardy
2003: PhD Leiden University under supervision of professor Aart Mekking
2014: died in Amsterdam on June 23