Sambodhi 1982 Vol 11

SR No.: 520761
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Dalsukh Malvania, H C Bhayani, Nagin J Shah
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad
Publication Year: 1982
Total Pages: 502
Language: English, Sanskrit, Prakrit, Gujarati
Classification: Magazine, India_Sambodhi, & India
File Size: 11 MB

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A note on brick archtecture
Innovation in the art of architecture also influenced the construction and shape of the brick architecture. Architectural application of brick hand are now become a fashion in temple architecture in North India for examples the temples of Bhitargaon and Seerpur can be reffered. Thus the possibilities of presentation for entire artistic expressions were used through the medium of carved brick, brick hand and brick terracottas. Surely, I would not hesitate to say this, the sculptors had the bricks as an efficient means of construction and the architect used them abundantly. They have properly utilized the bricks from the stand-point of sculpture and decoration.
A survey of archaeological sites and existing brick-edifices prompt us to conclude that brick had been equally preferred and used by the archi tect in abundance in Indian sub-continent.
References:
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1. Bridget and Raymond Allchin, The Birth of Indian Civilization, Great Britain, 1968; p. 242
2. Maba Nirvāṇa Tantra, 13, 24-25; Panini Astadhyay, 5-1-16, V.S. Agrawala, Bharattya-Kala, 2nd Edi., Varanasi, 1977. pp. 100-103.
3. Benjamin Rowland, The Art and Architecture of India, Great Britain,
1953, pp. 13, 45 & 51, Bridget and Raymond Allchin, p. 237; A.S.I.A. R., 1911-12, p. 33 and onward, A.S.I.A.R., 1913-14, p. 4.
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