Jose Pereira
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Baroque India is the fruit of over 40 years of research, and is the work of one professionally trained in the history of Indian art (Hindu, Buddhist and Jain). In addition, he is the author of a survey of Islamic architecture world-wide, which includes, of course, the Indo-Islamic traditions. It is his belief that Indian Baroque ? or, more correctly, Indian Neo-Roman ? cannot be properly appreciated without an understanding of the architectural styles that ...
Starting with the earliest travelers in the 16th century, this volume reviews the cultural legacy of five centuries of Indo-Portuguese contact. Although Goa was the capital of the Portuguese sea-borne empire in the East and their largest settlement in India, which they controlled till as recently as forty years ago, they had also settled in Daman and Diu, Calicut, and sites in Bengal. The synthesis is most evident in the architecture, both religious and civic. ...
Goa’s churches are the finest Neo-Roman monuments found in Asia. This book describes some of the finest examples of Goan architecture that follow either European models in idiom and style, or subject European forms to an Indian aesthetic. The author explains the five variant styles of Neo-Roman church – Renaissance, Mannerism, Baroque, Rococo, and Neoclassicism – with rich illustrations and line drawings. He also lists the Goan church plans in vogue, ...
Konkani Song, of which Goan Song ins a pre-eminent branch, is a treasury of the traditional music of the Indian subcontinent. Its 35 types include the monophonic and harmonic varieties, the former prevalent before the Portuguese brought Western music into India, and the latter, consequent to the Western impact. It was in Goa that Indian musicians first began to compose in Western musical forms, incorporating into them motifs and nuances of their own immemorial ...
Konkani Song, of which Goan Song is the preeminent brancah, is a treasury of the traditional music of the Indian subcontinent. It has at least 35 types monophonic and harmonic, the former prevalent before the Portuguese brought Western music into India, and the latter, consequent to the Western impact. It was in Goa that Indian musicians first began to compose in Western musical forms, incorporating into them motifs and nuances of their own immemorial tradition. ...
The Sacred Architecture of Islam is one of the most prolific traditions of building in the history of art. It is a tradition with four major strands – Arab, Iranian, Turkish and India. Historians of architecture have, for many decades, been assiduously examining these strands, so that it is now possible to survey them all panoramically as a cultural phenomenon within the ambit of Muslim civilization. However, the first the last by what may be called the Hindu ...
Dr. Jose Pereira's Hindu Theology is the finest book of its kind, and is invaluable as a set book in courses on Indian religion and philosophy. The work is, in fact, a comprehensive survey of Indian religious thought in the `Classical' and medieval periods, containing extracts from a full range of religious and philosophical texts of almost every school.
Islamic sacred architecture has four major traditions, the Arab, the Iranian, the Turkish and the Indian. Historians of these traditions have for several decades been studying them with some thoroughness, so that it is now possible to survey them all panoramically as a single cultural phenomenon within the ambit of Islamic civilization. However, the first three traditions appear to be separated from the last by what may be called the Hindu Kush barrier. And such ...
Konkani Song, of which Goan Song is a preeminent branch, is a treasury of the traditional music of the Indian subcontinent containing as many as 34 identifiable types of song. They include the monophonic and harmonic varieties, the former in existence before the Portuguese brought Western music into India, and the latter, consequent on the Western impact. It was in Goa that Indian musicians first began to compose in Western musical forms, incorporating into them ...