Bengal witnessed an extraordinary surge of artistic creativity and patronage between the 16th and 19th centuries, resulting in the construction of hundreds of terracotta temples and mosques. Sculpted with intricate panels depicting deities, myths, and scenes from everyday life, these red-brick monuments combine Buddhist, Persian, Hindu, and European influences to forge a distinctly Bengali aesthetic.
Drawing on over two decades of research and travel, Amit Guha offers an accessible guide to Bengal's pre-modern architecture, examining the monuments through their historical backgrounds, sculptural magnificence and iconography, and their patrons and architects. Richly illustrated and deeply informed, Tapestries in Brick invites readers to discover these extraordinary buildings firsthand and appreciate their place within the global history of art and architecture.'
About the Author
AMIT GUHA is an independent scholar whose research focuses on the architecture and art of Bengal. He has travelled extensively across West Bengal and Bangladesh documenting terracotta monuments and studying their patrons, artisans, socio-religious contexts, iconography, and architectural continuities.
Splitting his time between Kolkata and London, Guha writes and speaks extensively on the subject and works on heritage and conservation initiatives with cultural institutions in the UK and India. Guha studied Art-History at SOAS University of London. He also has an MBA from the Indian School of Business (ISB) and degrees in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) and the State University of New York (SUNY). This diverse academic trajectory gives him a unique, multi-dimensional perspective to the field.
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