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Indian Art & Architecture

Indian Art & Architecture. Slide Show Created By: Ray Hau Peter Quach Alex 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.

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Indian Art & Architecture

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  1. Indian Art & Architecture Slide Show Created By: Ray Hau Peter Quach Alex Vargas Pablo Yocupicio

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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

  7. 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.

  8.  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

  9. 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

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