history of architecture third sem

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HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE– II
L/s: 3/Wk Int: 50 End Exam: 50 Total: 100 End Exam: 3hrs Cr: 3

Course Overview:
 History of Architecture to be studied as development of building forms in response to social, religious, aesthetic and environmental factors. The study should focus on the three dimensional forms, plan forms, façade organization, structural solution, construction methods and ornamentation. The study should focus on the general trends and not on specific examples of buildings.

Objectives of the Course:
 · To expose the students to a wide spectrum of architectural styles ranging from pre historic to pre independence period in India. · To explain the students the evolution of architecture in relation to time with special emphasis to social, religious and environmental factors. · To make the students understand the developments in the construction technology in different periods
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Expected Skills / Knowledge Transferred:
 1) Acquire knowledge to identify the common characteristics among the monuments of a particular style.
2) Acquire graphic skills to present a building, analyze its elements and explain the composition.
3) Acquire knowledge on good practices of architecture in the    past.

 Course Contents:

 Unit – I
 Development of Vedic Architecture, Development of architecture in India and rest of Asia in Buddhist Architecture

Unit – II 
Evolution of Hindu temple form, early rock cut examples; Early Chalukyans.

Unit – III
 Development of Hindu Architecture: Nagara style in Orissa, Kahjuraho, Gujarat etc.

Unit – IV
 Development of Hindu Architecture: Dravidian style in Pallava, Chola, Pandya periods.

Unit – V
 Development of Hindu Architecture under late Chalukyans, Development of Jain Architecture.

Unit-VI 
Islamic Architecture in India: Early Saracenic School in India:  Imperial school at Delhi

Unit-VII
 Islamic Architecture in India: Provincial styles at Gujarat, Deccan, Bengal, Moghul Architecture in India.


Reference books:

 Brown, Percy. Indian Architecture: Buddhist and Hindu Periods. D.B. Taraporevala Sons and Co., Mumbai, 2003. Grover, Satish. The Architecture of India. Vikas Pub. House Pvt. Ltd., Ghaziabad, 1980. Rowl, Benjamin. Art and Architecture of India. Tadgell, Christopher. The History of Architecture in India: from the Dawn of Civilization to the End of the Raj. Om Book Service, New Delhi, 1990. Vistara. The Architecture of India

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