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Swastika - Art and architecture: Encyclopedia II - Swastika - Art and architecture

The swastika is common as a design motif in current Hindu architecture and Indian artwork as well as in ancient Western architecture, frequently appearing in mosaics, friezes, and other works across the ancient world. Ancient Greek architectural designs are replete with interlinking swastika motifs. Related symbols in classical Western architecture include the cross, the three-legged triskele or triskelion and the rounded lauburu. The swastika symbol is also known in these contexts b ...

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Swastika - Art and architecture: : Buddhist architecture

Buddhist religious architecture developed in the South Asia in the third century BCE. Two types of structures are associated with early Buddhism: stupas and viharas. The initial function of a stupa was the veneration and safe-guarding of the relics of the Buddha. The earliest existing example of a stupa is in Sanchi (Madhya Pradesh). In accordance with changes in religious practice, stupas were gradually incorporated into chaitya-grihas (stupa halls). These reached their highpoint in the first century BCE, exemplified by the ca ...

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Swastika - Art and architecture: Encyclopedia - Art and architecture of Babylonia and Assyria

The culture of Assyria, and still more of Babylonia, was essentially literary; we miss in it the artistic spirit of Egypt or Greece. In Babylonia the abundance of clay and lack of stone led to the use of brick; Babylonian temples are massive but shapeless structures of crude brick, supported by buttresses, the rain being carried off by drains, one of which at Ur was of lead. The use of brick led to the early development of the pilaster and column, and of frescoes and enamelled tiles. The walls were brilliantly coloured, and sometimes plated with bronze or gold, ...

Swastika - Art and architecture: Encyclopedia - Architecture

Architecture (classical Greek: αρχή, 'start', τέχνη, 'craftsmanship') is the art and science of designing buildings and structures. A wider definition would include within its scope the design of the total built environment, from the macrolevel of town planning, urban design, and landscape architecture to the microlevel of creating furniture. Architectural design usually must address both feasibility and cost for the ...

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Swastika - Art and architecture: Encyclopedia - Architectural mythology

Architectural mythology is the term used to describe the overall story of an architectural work. Sometimes this story is rooted back to our cultural existience. Not all works of architecture incorporate a level of myth but when we discover an architectural work that does reflect a story it is often revealed through art. These stories can also be well hidden to the casual viewer and are often bu ...

Swastika - Art and architecture: Encyclopedia - Chinese architecture

Chinese architecture refers to a style of architecture that has taken shape in Asia over the years. Over the centuries, the structural principles of Chinese architecture have remained largely unchanged, the main changes being on the decorative details. Since the Tang Dynasty, Chinese architecture has had a major influence on the architectural styles of Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam. The following article gives a cursory explanation of traditional Chinese architecture, before the introduction of Western building methods durin ...

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Swastika - Art and architecture: Encyclopedia - Chinese art

Life in the People's Republic of China Chinese art is art, whether modern or ancient, that originated in or is practiced in China or by Chinese artists or performers. Early so-called "stone age art" dates back to 10,000 BC, mostly consisting of simple pottery and sculptures. This early period was followed by a series of art dynasties, most of which lasted several hundred years. The art of Taiwan and that of Chinese Emigrants can also be considered part of Chinese art where it is based in or draws on the heritage of Chines ...

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Swastika - Art and architecture: Encyclopedia - Victorian architecture

The term Victorian architecture can refer to one of a number of architectural styles predominantly in the Victorian era. As with the latter, the period of building that it covers may slightly overlap the actual reign of Victoria after whom it is named. Neoclassicism Gothic Revival Italianate Second Empire Neo-Grec Romanesque Revival (Includes Richardsonian Revival) Renaissance Revival Queen Anne Jacobethan architecture (the precusor to the Queen Anne style) British Arts and Crafts mo ...

Swastika - Art and architecture: Encyclopedia - Art gallery

An art gallery or art museum is a space for the exhibition of art, usually visual art, and usually primarily paintings, illustrations, and sculpture. It is also sometimes used as a location for the sale of art. The art museum is considered a fairly modern invention, the first being the Lourve in Paris, which was established in 1793, soon after the French Revolution when the royal treasures were declared for the people. Here we see the beginnings of removing art collections from the private domain of aristocracy and the wealthy into the public sphere, where they were seen as sites for educ ...

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Swastika - Art and architecture: Encyclopedia - Art Nouveau

Art Nouveau (French for "new art") is a style in art, architecture and design that peaked in popularity at the beginning of the 20th century. Other, more localized terms for the cluster of self-consciously radical, somewhat mannered reformist chic that formed a prelude to 20th-century modernism, included "Jugendstil" in Germany and the Netherlands, named for the snappy avant-garde periodical Jugend ('Youth') or "Sezessionsstil" ('Secessionism') in Vienna, where forward-looking artists and designers seceded from the mainstream salon exhibitions, to ex ...

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Swastika - Art and architecture: Encyclopedia - Cistercian architecture

Abbot Bernard of Clairvaux, France in the year 1124 led the Cistercians to a specific reaction of architectural constrcution: Cistercian churches were constructed far from any human intercourse with large groups of people or cities, and so were built mostly in desolate valleys near streams. Cistercian Architecture was skeptical of the pursuit of scholorly or artistic spur, including that of pressed knowledge, literature, or art. No statues or pictures were allowed in or near the church. The used water as a source for power, with the nearby streams, laid the church on the North ...

Swastika - Art and architecture: Encyclopedia - 2005 in architecture

See also: 2004 in architecture, other events of 2005, 2006 in architecture and the architecture timeline. 2005 in architecture - Buildings. April 6 - New facility for the Milan Trade Fair in Milan, Italy designed by Massimiliano Fuksas opens. April 17 - Expansion of the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota designed by Herzog & de Meuron opens. October 15 - Planned opening of the new home of the de Young Museum in San Francisco, California designed by Herzog & de Meuron ...

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Swastika - Art and architecture: Encyclopedia - Cathedral architecture

Cathedrals are among the most ambitious buildings ever conceived, far exceeding the size and complexity of most other constructions and often requiring many years to complete. This article describes some of the elements of cathedral architecture and how these elements have varied from place to place and time to time. Romanesque and Gothic cathedral architecture is laid out upon some conventional ground plans, which are discussed at Cathedral diagram. Consult the articles in the See also section (be ...

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Swastika - Art and architecture: Encyclopedia - Art in Ancient Greece

The art of ancient Greece has exercised an enormous influence on the culture of many countries from ancient times until the present, particularly in the areas of sculpture and architecture. In the West, the art of the Roman Empire was largely derived from Greek models. In the East, Alexander the Great's conquests initiated several centuries of exchange between Greek, Central Asian and Indian cultures, resulting in Greco-Buddhist art, with ramifications as far as Japan. Following the Renaissance in Europe, the humanist aesthetic and th ...

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Swastika - Art and architecture: Encyclopedia - Architecture of the United States

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Swastika - Art and architecture: Encyclopedia II - Art gallery - Architecture

The architectural form of the art gallery was established by Sir John Soane with his design for the Dulwich Picture Gallery in 1817. This established the gallery as a series of interconnected rooms with largely uninterupted wall spaces for hanging pictures and indirect lighting from skylights or roof lanterns. The late 19th century saw a boom in the building of public art galleries in Europe an America, being an essential cultural feature of larger cities. Art galleries were built alongside museums and public libraries as part of the munici ...

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