Screening Paper I · 1 History & Culture · APPSC Group 1
1.1.12 Ancient art and architecture notes
5 notes, in reading order.
- 1.1.12.1Stupas: Sanchi, Bharhut and the parts of a stupa
A stupa is a solid dome that holds relics or marks a sacred place, and the great stupas at Sanchi, Bharhut and Amaravati carry the oldest narrative sculpture in India.
Advanced · 5 min · Full course - 1.1.12.2Rock-cut caves: Barabar to Ajanta, Ellora and Elephanta
India's rock-cut architecture begins with the polished Mauryan caves of Barabar and grows into the great Buddhist chaityas and viharas of the Western Ghats, then the Hindu and Jain complexes at Ellora and Elephanta.
Advanced · 5 min · Full course - 1.1.12.3Ajanta and Bagh paintings
The wall paintings of Ajanta, with Bagh as a smaller sister site, are the finest surviving examples of ancient Indian painting, showing the life of the Buddha and the Jataka stories in a refined, expressive style.
Advanced · 5 min · Full course - 1.1.12.4Temple architecture: Gupta beginnings and the Nagara, Dravida and Vesara styles
Structural temples began in the Gupta age as small flat-roofed shrines and developed into three broad regional orders: the Nagara of the north, the Dravida of the south and the mixed Vesara of the Deccan.
Advanced · 5 min · Full course - 1.1.12.5Pallava and Chalukya monuments: Mahabalipuram, Kanchi, Aihole, Badami and Pattadakal
The Pallavas moved from rock-cut caves to monolithic rathas to structural temples at Mahabalipuram and Kanchi, while the Chalukyas experimented with every form at Aihole, Badami and Pattadakal.
Advanced · 5 min · Full course
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