EN
Step into the iconic corridors of The Imperial in an ambience filled with a largest collection of artworks in the world going way back in time between late 17th and early 19th centuries, and spread across common areas, floors and accommodations.
If you are an art enthusiast, the hotel opens your eyes to a labyrinth of aquatints and lithographs with landscapes and portraits that provide an enriching panorama that was central to India’s cultural imagery, showcasing period art by eminent artists. This esoteric collection of more than 5000 pieces of rare and unique art forms inherited by the owners for generations, weaves heritage into the luxury. From minarets to lush landscapes, Royal durbars to Mughal monuments, majestic mountains to princely states of India, military silhouettes to historic events, the tapestry of this imposing art appears like an illusion for one taking a tour of the hotel, built in a hash structure. The Indian splendor of the kings, queens and palaces with their visual detailing along with some of the architectural spectacles of intricate details, is hard to describe in words and is a tableau of perfected vistas at a time when there were no cameras and only illustrations did the talking. The rhetorical geography, the beauty of the scenes, the tiny temples or the depiction of life in the past,
is indeed a visual retreat for the senses.
The collective representation of these original and rare perspectives with the accurate rendition of royal Indian traditions is now being catalogued by the hotel to enable guests to explore each art form in its purest form.
Indeed this Grand Dame stands tall as a repository of art that marks the testimony of time and is the only one-of-its-kind storied hotel, in the heart of India’s capital.
Step into the iconic corridors of The Imperial in an ambience filled with a largest collection of artworks in the world going way back in time between late 17th and early 19th centuries, and spread across common areas, floors and accommodations.
If you are an art enthusiast, the hotel opens your eyes to a labyrinth of aquatints and lithographs with landscapes and portraits that provide an enriching panorama that was central to India’s cultural imagery, showcasing period art by eminent artists. This esoteric collection of more than 5000 pieces of rare and unique art forms inherited by the owners for generations, weaves heritage into the luxury. From minarets to lush landscapes, Royal durbars to Mughal monuments, majestic mountains to princely states of India, military silhouettes to historic events, the tapestry of this imposing art appears like an illusion for one taking a tour of the hotel, built in a hash structure. The Indian splendor of the kings, queens and palaces with their visual detailing along with some of the architectural spectacles of intricate details, is hard to describe in words and is a tableau of perfected vistas at a time when there were no cameras and only illustrations did the talking. The rhetorical geography, the beauty of the scenes, the tiny temples or the depiction of life in the past, is indeed a visual retreat for the senses.
The collective representation of these original and rare perspectives with the accurate rendition of royal Indian traditions is now being catalogued by the hotel to enable guests to explore each art form in its purest form. The catalogue will be accessible through a QR code by the end of 2023, made possible with the use of present day technology i.e. Google lens.
Indeed this Grand Dame stands tall as a repository of art that marks the testimony of time and is the only one-of-its-kind storied hotel, in the heart of India’s capital.
Copyright © 2024 The Imperial India. (Run and Managed by Akoi Saab)
Copyright © 2022 The Imperial India.
