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Summer Palace
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| Photo Information |
Copyright: Sivakumar Selvaraju (shiva_sg)
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| Genre: Places |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2006-01-28 |
| Categories: Architecture |
| Camera: Sony Cybershot DSC-W1 |
| Exposure: f/5.6, 1/400 seconds |
| More Photo Info: [view] |
| Photo Version: Original Version |
| Date Submitted: 2006-02-26 12:39 |
| Viewed: 637 |
| Points: 2 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
Built in 1784, the 'Summer Palace' or 'Daria Doulat Bagh' stands as a testimony for Tipu's love for greenery and open space. The structure is in Indo-Islamic style of architecture, constructed mainly of Teak wood, stands on a raised platform of about 1.5 meters high.
One striking feature of the building is that a large quantity of wood has been used in making up the ceilings and the space on the walls, pillars, canopies and arches. They are painted colourfully and artistically. The outer walls of the palace are confined to battle scenes and portrait paintings while the interior walls are decorated with scrolls of thin foliage, floral pattern in geometrical designs. The wooden ceilings are pasted with canvas, painted with floral designs. In the central hall of the ground floor, a protruding design framing the floral decoration is made by affixing clay moulds over which the decorated canves is pressed and painted
This palace has now been converted into a museum which exhibits Tipu's belongings and paintings. |
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Hello Sivakumar,
The symmetry and the central perspective work really well here,nice view over the water to the palace.The included people add life and scale.A good capture and it comes along with an interesting note.
Greetings,
Hermann
