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The Taj Mahal
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About this work
This view of the Taj Mahal, shot from the bank of the Yamuna River, offers a dramatic contrast between the seemingly perfect white marble monument in the background and dark, ruined structures in the foreground. It sets the Taj into a broader geographic and cultural context by including nature (the river) and two cultures, one that has crumbled and another that, because it approaches aesthetic perfection, has been carefully preserved.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineThe Taj Mahal, c. 1858–62. Dr. John Murray (Scottish, 1809–1898). Albumen print; image: 43.2 x 38.4 cm (17 x 15 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Whitehill Art Purchase Endowment Fund, 2022.10
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