Indian Art and Architecture

Indian Art and Architecture
Buddhist and Jain Architecture Gandhara school About:  1st CE  patronized by Kanishka  belong to Mahayana  roman and Greek influence. Features:  Hellenistic realism anatomical details curly hairs  drapery.  Mathura School: About:  Contemporary to Gandhara  patrnized by Kanishka  indigenous  belong to Buddhism, Jainism and Hinduism. Features:  facial expression,  spiritualism.  Amravati: About:  contemporary to Gandhara and Mathura  patronized by Satvahanas  Amravati region of Andhra. Features:  narrative art form  multiple characters  jataka stories  use of White marbles. Indian Temple Architecture Structural Features Garbhagriha  ‘womb-house’ and is a cave like a sanctum  small cubical structure with a single entrance  house the main icon (main deity) Mandapa Place in front of Garbhgriha where devotees assemble for ‘Darshan’ of main deity  Bhajan, kirtan, dance etc are played here  Some temples have multiple mandapas in different sizes named as Ardhamandapa, Mandapa, and Mahamandapa. Shikhara or Vimana mountain like tower ab…

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