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ID: 700002950 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700002950 | Record Type: Built Work |
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Great Imāmbāṛā (imambara; Asaf-ud-Daula (Indian vassal, reigned 1775-1797); 1784; Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh, Bhārat, Asia, World, Top of the T...;) | |
Note: Containing one of the largest vaulted halls in the world, the great Imabara was built by Asaf-ud-Daula in 1874 with a technique known as kara dena in which bricks are broken, interwoven, and then covered with concrete. it was approached by an exstravagant gate, now in ruins. | |
Titles: |
Great Imāmbāṛā (preferred,C,U,English,,N) |
Great Imambara (C,U,English,,) |
Bara Imambara (C,U,undetermined,,) |
Asaf-ud-Daula's Imambara (C,U,undetermined,,) |
The Great Imambara (Lucknow, 1784) (C,U,undetermined,,) |
Catalog Level: complex |
imambara [300404782] (preferred) |
..... (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, religious structures, religious buildings) |
architecture (preferred) |
Creation Date: 1784 |
Asaf-ud-Daula (Indian vassal, reigned 1775-1797) [preferred,VP] |
builder Asafuddaula, Nawab Wazir of Oudh (Indian vassal, died 1797) [500372516] |
Locations: |
Current: Lucknow [7001561] Uttar Pradesh (state), India (nation), Asia (continent), World (facet) (Geographic) |
Display Materials: brick and concrete |
brick (clay material) [300010463] | |
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, clay, <clay by product>) |
concrete [300010737] | |
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material) |
Dimensions: main hall: 50m x 15m |
Indian (preferred) |
architecture (preferred,isness) |
List/Hierarchical Position: |
..... Built Works |
.......... Built Works by class: religious, ceremonial, and funerary structures |
Sources and Contributors: | |
Great Imāmbāṛā | ........ [VP] |
........ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Lucknow," accessed 10 May 2016 | |
Great Imambara | ........ [VP] |
........ Abram, The Rough Guide to India (2013) | |
Bara Imambara | ........ [VP] |
........ Abram, The Rough Guide to India (2013) | |
Asaf-ud-Daula's Imambara | ........ [JPGM,VP] |
........ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-) | |
The Great Imambara (Lucknow, 1784) | ........ [JPGM,VP] |
........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-) | |
Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP] |
....................... Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Lucknow," accessed 10 May 2016 |
Note: | |
English | ..... [VP] |
..... Abram, The Rough Guide to India (2013) | |
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