It was a marathon lecture today. From 3.30 to almost 7.30 with 15 minutes break.
First of all, we illustrated the reading of Friday Review. There were many linkages shown - in music, dance etc. Ultimately, it all boils down to the interest with which you can read the supplement. I hope the exercise was fruitful and you will continue reading it weekly.
Today, we started the second part of our culture module i.e. Architecture. Initially, some basic aspects about the culture, difference between arts and crafts, importance of arts history were discussed. Then we talked about different kinds of arts like performative, visual, literary. The discussion then came to the importance of Architecture. There was a little detailed discussion on the exact meaning behind the need to study architecture and how to understand its full import. The discussion then went on to the introduction of stylistic and contextual studies of architecture as well as iconographic and iconological aspects. After skipping through Harappa and Vedic era quickly, we started discussing Mauryan arts in detail. Mauryan secular art, Ashokan pillars were discussed. Then on, we shifted our focus to Buddhist art. In that, chaitya, viharas and stupas were discussed. The discussion on Stupas went on in detail for almost half an hour. We later shifted our attention to Rock-cut architecture where the whole gamut from caves of Early Man to Mahabalipuarm and Kailas Temple of Ellora were discussed. We also saw some beautiful images of Ajanta. And then we reached to free standing temples. Its meaning, classification, geographic peculiarities were followed by Dravida, Nagara and Vesara styles. In Dravida, we talked about 4 phases of Pallava period as well as the Great Living Temples of Chola period. In Nagara, we covered the whole North from Gujarat/Rajathan to Western MP to Chambal to Bundelkhand to Odisha, Bengal and Assam. While discussing Vesara, we traced the evolution from Rashtrakutas to Badami Chalukyas to Hoyasalas to Vijayanagara. And that was all.
Today, we saw many beautiful images of stupas, temples, sculptures and paintings. All these are intricately connected with each other. I think by the end of it, you have evolved a certain degree of appreciation of looking at Indian architecture as well as a sort of pride of being a part of this great civilisation. Tomorrow, we will embark upon even more fascinating phase of architectural evolution - Indo-Islamic Architecture.
First of all, we illustrated the reading of Friday Review. There were many linkages shown - in music, dance etc. Ultimately, it all boils down to the interest with which you can read the supplement. I hope the exercise was fruitful and you will continue reading it weekly.
Today, we started the second part of our culture module i.e. Architecture. Initially, some basic aspects about the culture, difference between arts and crafts, importance of arts history were discussed. Then we talked about different kinds of arts like performative, visual, literary. The discussion then came to the importance of Architecture. There was a little detailed discussion on the exact meaning behind the need to study architecture and how to understand its full import. The discussion then went on to the introduction of stylistic and contextual studies of architecture as well as iconographic and iconological aspects. After skipping through Harappa and Vedic era quickly, we started discussing Mauryan arts in detail. Mauryan secular art, Ashokan pillars were discussed. Then on, we shifted our focus to Buddhist art. In that, chaitya, viharas and stupas were discussed. The discussion on Stupas went on in detail for almost half an hour. We later shifted our attention to Rock-cut architecture where the whole gamut from caves of Early Man to Mahabalipuarm and Kailas Temple of Ellora were discussed. We also saw some beautiful images of Ajanta. And then we reached to free standing temples. Its meaning, classification, geographic peculiarities were followed by Dravida, Nagara and Vesara styles. In Dravida, we talked about 4 phases of Pallava period as well as the Great Living Temples of Chola period. In Nagara, we covered the whole North from Gujarat/Rajathan to Western MP to Chambal to Bundelkhand to Odisha, Bengal and Assam. While discussing Vesara, we traced the evolution from Rashtrakutas to Badami Chalukyas to Hoyasalas to Vijayanagara. And that was all.
Today, we saw many beautiful images of stupas, temples, sculptures and paintings. All these are intricately connected with each other. I think by the end of it, you have evolved a certain degree of appreciation of looking at Indian architecture as well as a sort of pride of being a part of this great civilisation. Tomorrow, we will embark upon even more fascinating phase of architectural evolution - Indo-Islamic Architecture.
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