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21. Detail of local flora and fauna

Description:: Detail of a monkey plucking mangoes. Stevens was keen to provide an Indian context to his buildings, not only through architectural forms but also by the depiction of Indian flora and fauna, and how they behave in their natural environment. Stevens himself designed the artwork of various flora and fauna scenes that find extensive depiction in the BMC building.
Keyword:: Frederick William Stevens, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai, Victorian Gothic, and BMC
Creator:: Ghosh, Ayan
Contributor:: Ghosh, Ayan
Owner:: tushar1.ayyar@jioinstitute.edu.in
Date Uploaded:: 07-04-2023
Date Modified:: 08-04-2023
Rights Statement Tesim:: In Copyright
Resource Type:: Image

22. Busts of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and Veer Savarkar

Description:: The Corporation Hall has a collection of busts and statues of prominent personalities from Indian history, freedom fighters, and eminent citizens of Mumbai who contributed greatly to the development of the city. Seen here are the busts of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, and Vinayak Damodar Savarkar.
Keyword:: Victorian Gothic, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, BMC, Frederick William Stevens, and Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai
Creator:: Ghosh, Ayan
Contributor:: Ghosh, Ayan
Owner:: tushar1.ayyar@jioinstitute.edu.in
Date Uploaded:: 07-04-2023
Date Modified:: 08-04-2023
Rights Statement Tesim:: In Copyright
Resource Type:: Image

23. Balustrade around inner dome

Description:: Though artificially illuminated now, the inner dome was originally ventilated with natural light entering through large portholes. The dome has a balustrade running around its perimeter from where visitors can look down to the entrance gallery and grand staircase below. A running band of floral motifs carved in stucco adorns the base of the perimeter.
Keyword:: Victorian Gothic, Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai, BMC, Frederick William Stevens, and Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation
Creator:: Ghosh, Ayan
Contributor:: Ghosh, Ayan
Owner:: tushar1.ayyar@jioinstitute.edu.in
Date Uploaded:: 07-04-2023
Date Modified:: 08-04-2023
Rights Statement Tesim:: In Copyright
Resource Type:: Image

24. Grand central staircase flanked by pair of Chimeras

Description:: The highlight of the BMC building is its spectacular central hall that greets visitors as they enter through the porte cochere. The hall is located directly below the inner dome and serves as an atrium, through which a grand staircase rises, flanked by a pair of winged lions. The staircase winds up to connect arcaded corridors that run around the hollow central core.
Keyword:: Victorian Gothic, Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai, BMC, Frederick William Stevens, and Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation
Creator:: Ghosh, Ayan
Contributor:: Ghosh, Ayan
Owner:: tushar1.ayyar@jioinstitute.edu.in
Date Uploaded:: 07-04-2023
Date Modified:: 08-04-2023
Rights Statement Tesim:: In Copyright
Resource Type:: Image

25. Hunting scene on pillar capital

Description:: Animal figures feature extensively on the BMC building. They are often camouflaged within the dense floral motifs on pillar capitals. The animals are found in Mumbai and provide an important local context to the buildings, representing the ecological diversity of the region. They include squirrels, owls, herons, monkeys, snakes, peacocks, rats, and other animals.
Keyword:: Frederick William Stevens, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai, Victorian Gothic, and BMC
Creator:: Ghosh, Ayan
Contributor:: Ghosh, Ayan
Owner:: tushar1.ayyar@jioinstitute.edu.in
Date Uploaded:: 07-04-2023
Date Modified:: 08-04-2023
Rights Statement Tesim:: In Copyright
Resource Type:: Image

26. Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai coat-of-arms

Description:: Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), also known as Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai or Bombay Municipal Corporation, is India's richest municipal corporation and is responsible for developing and maintaining the civic infrastructure of the city and tax collection. It was established with the passing of the Bombay Municipal Corporation Act in 1888. The headquarters are based at the BMC building which also features (along with the Gateway of India) on the seal of the corporation.
Keyword:: Frederick William Stevens, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai, Victorian Gothic, and BMC
Creator:: Ghosh, Ayan
Contributor:: Ghosh, Ayan
Owner:: tushar1.ayyar@jioinstitute.edu.in
Date Uploaded:: 07-04-2023
Date Modified:: 07-04-2023
Rights Statement Tesim:: In Copyright
Resource Type:: Image

27. Ox-eye window

Description:: An important design element Frederick W. Stevens borrowed from Venetian Gothic architecture was the use of a flower-shaped oeil-de-boeuf (ox-eye window in English), which let in natural light during the day. Though strictly not a window, because it was covered in stained glass, this circular opening is typically placed in a roof slope as a dormer, or above a door or pair of windows (as seen here).
Keyword:: Victorian Gothic, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, BMC, Frederick William Stevens, and Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai
Creator:: Ghosh, Ayan
Contributor:: Ghosh, Ayan
Owner:: tushar1.ayyar@jioinstitute.edu.in
Date Uploaded:: 07-04-2023
Date Modified:: 07-04-2023
Rights Statement Tesim:: In Copyright
Resource Type:: Image

28. Porte cochere at intersection of Mahapalika Marg and DN Road

Description:: The main entrance to the BMC building is positioned at the elbow of the V-shaped plot, facing CSMT. The entrance has a six-pillar porte cochère (coach gateway). This was originally designed for horse-driven coaches but was later adapted for motor vehicles.
Keyword:: Frederick William Stevens, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai, Victorian Gothic, and BMC
Creator:: Ghosh, Ayan
Contributor:: Ghosh, Ayan
Owner:: tushar1.ayyar@jioinstitute.edu.in
Date Uploaded:: 07-04-2023
Date Modified:: 07-04-2023
Rights Statement Tesim:: In Copyright
Resource Type:: Image

29. Detail of porte cochere om Mahapalika Marg

Description:: Frederick W. Stevens designed the CSMT and BMC buildings within a decade of each other. As a result, both buildings have common features, design elements and building materials. Stevens described his building style as ‘...a free treatment of early Gothic with an Oriental feeling, which, I consider, the best adapted for the site the buildings are to occupy.’
Keyword:: Frederick William Stevens, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai, Victorian Gothic, and BMC
Creator:: Ghosh, Ayan
Contributor:: Ghosh, Ayan
Owner:: tushar1.ayyar@jioinstitute.edu.in
Date Uploaded:: 07-04-2023
Date Modified:: 07-04-2023
Rights Statement Tesim:: In Copyright
Resource Type:: Image

30. Detail of supporting brackets

Description:: Detail of brackets inside the BMC building. These were inspired from Hindu temple architecture. The amalgamation of Hindu and Islamic architectural details with the overall Gothic style was a delicate and gradual process which Frederick Stevens successfully managed to balance, thereby guaranteeing his pre-eminence in this style during the zenith of Bombay Gothic architecture.
Keyword:: Frederick William Stevens, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai, Victorian Gothic, and BMC
Creator:: Ghosh, Ayan
Contributor:: Ghosh, Ayan
Owner:: tushar1.ayyar@jioinstitute.edu.in
Date Uploaded:: 07-04-2023
Date Modified:: 08-04-2023
Rights Statement Tesim:: In Copyright
Resource Type:: Image

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25. Hunting scene on pillar capital

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