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…