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