Indian Art & Architecture

Slide Show Created By:Ray Hau

Peter QuachAlex Vargas

Pablo Yocupicio

The Taj Mahal

• Built entirely with white marble • Monument in memory of wife.

 • Shah Jahan to Mumtaz Maha.

 •  Constructed for over 23 years.

 •  Cost 32,000,000 INR or 690,325 USD.

The Taj Mahal

• Dome diameter is 58 feet. • Dome height is 213 feet.

 • Columns are 162.5 feet each.

 • Decorated with carved flowers/caligraphy.

 •  Used precious gems to decorate.

The Great Sanchi Stupa

• Had upper circumambulatory path on drum. • Surrounded by a railing.

 •  Four carved gateways in 4 directions.

 •  Sculptured with many motifs/designs.

•  Best preserved early stupa in India.

The Great Amaravati Stupa

• Made of greenish-white limestone. • Dome diameter is 48.76 meters.

 • Dome height is 30 meters.

 • Free-standing columns surmounted with lions.

 • Dome covered with sculptured panels.

Qutb Minar

•     The Tower is 72.5 Meters Tall  •     Qutb-ud-din Aibak built tower 1193

 •     Finished in 1386 by Firuz Shah Tughlug

 •     Qutb Minar is in Delhi

 •     379 steps to the top

Gopuram

•     All Gopuram have Vishnu. •     Gateway to go inside Temple.

 •     Made of Sikhara's Amalaka Stone.

 •     Gopurams are surrounded by Vimanas.

 •     Rajagopuram is a popular one.

 The Gandhara/Graeco-Buddhist School of Art   ( 50 BC to 500a AD)

• School of Indian Sculpture • Mixed Persian, Greek, Roman, Saka and Kushan• Focused on black stone sculptures

 • Heavy Greek influence during Alexander era

 • rich carving, elaborate ornamentation and complex

symbolism

Buddhist Sculptures

• Every statue made with perfect proportions • Body in perfect harmony

 • Different gestures have meanings

 •  Deep iconography in all depictions

• Theravada only sculpt Siddhartha Gautama