Architecture & Painting Schools - Short Trick

Nagma climbs the shikhara for an amla.

Nagara=North India, from the 5th century — beehive-like curving shikhara; topped by the ribbed amalaka + kalasha

A doorman at the tall south gate

Dravida=South India, from the 7th century — stepped-pyramid vimana; huge gopurams (gateways) in the enclosure walls dominate

A vessel of mixed Deccan dal

Vesara=The mixed style of the Deccan (Karnataka, Andhra) — the Hoysala temple is its typical example

The panchayat first met at Deogarh.

Panchayatana plan=One platform — the chief shrine in the centre, four smaller ones at the corners · earliest known: the Gupta-age Dashavatara temple, Deogarh

Hotel soap carved by Bela

Hoysala temples=Soft soapstone — the most intricate carving in India; Belur, Halebidu (12th–13th century)

Pallavi’s mama has a hard rock garden.

Pallava temples=Hard granite — fine detail impossible, so shallow reliefs; Mamallapuram (7th–8th century)

A bed of bricks

Temples of Bengal=Brick, not stone — a quite different look and technique