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| ID: 700000214 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000214 | Record Type: Built Work |
| Images: 1 2 | |
| Taj Mahal Complex (mausoleum complex; patron: Shah Jahan; principal designer: Ustad Ahmad Lahauri,...; construction began 1632; princ...; Āgra (Uttar Pradesh, Bhārat, Asia, World, Top of the T...; ) | |
| Note: Built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his third wife, Mumtaz Mahal, who died in childbirth in 1631. The base structure is essentially a large, multi-chambered cube with chamfered corners, forming an unequal octagon. Four minarets frame the tomb, one at each corner of the plinth facing the chamfered corners. The main chamber houses the false sarcophagi of Mumtaz Mahal and Shah Jahan; the actual graves are at a lower level. Specific design credit is uncertain, and is given by different sources to Istad Usa, Ustad Ahmad Lahori, Isa Muhammad Effendi, or Geronimo Veroneo. Located in: Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India | |
| Titles: |
| Taj Mahal Complex (preferred,C,U,English-P,,N) |
| Taj Mahal (C,U,LC,English,U,N,Italian,U,U,German,U,U,French,U,U,Spanish,U,U) |
| 泰姬陵 (C,U,Chinese,U,U) |
| Tadsch Mahal (C,U,German-P,U,U) |
| Τατζ Μαχάλ (C,U,Greek,U,U) |
| ताज महल (C,U,Hindi,U,U) |
| تاج محل (C,U,Urdu,U,U) |
| Taj Majal (C,U,undetermined,U,U) |
| Tâj Mahal (C,U,undetermined,U,U) |
| Tach Mahal (C,U,undetermined,U,U) |
| Tâdj-Mahal (C,U,undetermined,U,U) |
| Catalog Level: item |
| mausoleum complex [300451451] (preferred) |
| ..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Built Complexes and Districts (hierarchy name), complexes (buildings and sites), <complexes by function>) |
| mahal (palace) [300005742] |
| ..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, residential structures, dwellings, houses, <houses by occupants>, official residences, palaces (official residences)) |
| mausoleum [300005891] |
| ..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, ceremonial structures, funerary structures, funerary buildings, sepulchral buildings) |
| architecture (preferred) |
| Creation Date: construction began 1632; principal mausoleum was completed in 1648 |
| patron: Shah Jahan; principal designer: Ustad Ahmad Lahauri, with Abd ul-Karim Ma'mur Khan, Makramat Khan, and others [preferred,VP,BWR] |
| executive architect Lahauri, Ustad Ahmad (Persian architect, ca.1580-1649) [500353619] |
| patron Shahjahan, Emperor of India (Mughal emperor, ca. 1592-1666) [500245103] |
| Abdul Karim (Mughal architect, active 17th century) [500228010] |
| Makramat Khan (leader, active in India in 1632) [500517166] |
| Arjumand Banu Begum (Indian ruler, d.1631) [500523139] |
| Locations: |
| Current: Āgra [7001493] (Geographic) |
| Address Note: +27.175,+78.041944; Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Display Materials: marble; bearing masonry, inlaid marble |
| marble (rock) [300011443] | |
| .......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), metamorphic rock) |
| bearing walls [300002557] | |
| .......(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, architectural elements, <structural elements and components for structural elements>, structural elements, enclosing structural elements, <walls and wall components>, walls, <walls by function>) |
| masonry facing (process) [300262647] | |
| .......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <additive and joining processes and techniques>, <surface covering processes and techniques>, facing (process)) |
| Dimensions: mausoleum is 57 m (190 feet) square in plan; central inner dome is 24.5 m (81 feet) high and 17.7 m (58 feet) in diameter, but is surmounted by an outer shell nearly 61 m (200 feet) in height |
| Islamic Indian (preferred) |
| Mughal |
| Mughal [300018939] (preferred,N/A) | |
| .....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Islamic World| The, Islamic (culture or style), Islamic Indian) |
| architecture (preferred,isness,undetermined) |
| funerary (purpose) |
| Mumtāz Maḥal (Mughal empress, 1593-1631) [500353695] | |
| .....(Non-Artists) (ULAN) |
| Jahan, Shah, Emperor of India (Mughal emperor, ca. 1592-1666) [500245103] | |
| .....(Non-Artists) (ULAN) |
| List/Hierarchical Position: |
 ..... Built Works |
| .......... Built Works by class: religious, ceremonial, and funerary structures |
| Subject: ....... [VP,BWR] |
| ....................... Grove Art Online (2008-) |
| ....................... BWR [online] (2015-) |
| ....................... BWR Data Reconciliation for CONA (2020-2021) processed 2020-2021 |
| ....................... BWR-09 Data Reconciliation (2020-2021) |
| ....................... ARTstor: BlairBloom2 (2010-) BB-2247 |
| ....................... BWR database (2010-) BWR3789046; BWR3750378 |
| ....................... BWR-02 Data Reconciliation (2020-2021) processed 2020-2021 |
| ....................... BWR SSID (2010-) 3789046; 3750378 |
| ....................... BWR DSSC ID (2010-) 20346; 20974 |
| ....................... Harvard Library BWR contribution (2010-) U90668 |
| Note: | |
| English | ..... [VP] |
| ..... Brown, Indian Architecture (1956) | |
| ..... Harle, Art and Architecture of the Indian Subcontinent (1986) | |
| ..... Great Buildings Online (1997-) | |
| ..... Fletcher, History of Architecture (1996) | |
| ..... BWR database (2010-) BWR3789046 | |
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