rock-cut architecture+mexican pyramids

7/29/2019 Rock-cut Architecture+Mexican Pyramids

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Present by:

Sandeepand Hemant.

Rock-cut

Architecture



WHAT IS ROCK-CUT ARCHITECTURE..?

HISTORY…

ART VALUES…

EXAMPALS…



Rock-cut architecture is the practice of creating buildings and other physical structures bycarving natural rock.

sometimes associated with rock-cutarchitecture is monolithic architecture, which israther applied to free-standing structures madeof single piece of material.

Monolithic architecture is often rock-cutarchitecture ( Ellora Kailasanathar Temple) butmonolithic structures might be also cast of artificial material, (concrete).



The interiors were usually carved out by starting at whatwould wind up being the roof and then working downward.

The three main uses of rock-cut architecture…….

Temples (like those in India).

Tombs (like those in Petra) .

Cave dwelling (like those in Turkey).



Ancient monuments of rock-cut architecture arewidespread in several regions of world.

Large scale rock-cut structures were built in AncientEgypt.

The creation of rock-cut tombs in ancient Israelbegan in the 8th-century BCE and continuedthrough the Byzantine period.

The Nabataeans in their city of Petra, now inJordan, extended this tradition, carving theirtemples and tombs into the yellowish-orange rockthat defines the canyons and gullies of the region.



Rock-cut architecture occupies a particularly

important place in the history of Indian

Architecture.

The earliest instances of Indian rock-cut

architecture, the Barbara caves date from about the

3rd to the 2nd century BCE. They were built by the

Buddhist monks and consisted mostly of multi-storey buildings carved into the mountain face to

contain living and sleeping quarters, kitchens, and

monastic spaces.



Rock-cut architecture in India are at Ajanta and

Pataleshwar in the beginning of the 7th

century.

Unlike most previous examples of rock-cut

architecture which consisted of a facade plus an

interior, these temples were complete three-

dimensional buildings created by carving awaythe hillside.



Ancient rock cut tombs, temples and

monasteries often have been adorned with

frescoes and reliefs.

The high resistance of natural cliff, skilled use

of plaster and constant microclimate often have

helped to preserve this art in better conditionthan in conventional buildings.



The Buddhist

Carpenter's

Cave……….

Bhaja Cave



MEXICAN

PYRAMIDS



The temple-pyramid complex was built over many

dozens of generations, from the 2nd century BCEto the early 16th century, and was dedicated to

the deity Quetzalcoatl. It has a base of 450 by 450

m (1476x1476 ft) and a height of 66 m (217 ft).

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/Cholula_Pyramid.jpg



Altun Ha Belize, 16m height, maya

CaracolBelize, 43m, height……A triadic pyramid, the highest man-

made structure in Belize

Lamanai Belize….33m…



Cholula Mexico-----The largest pyramid and the largestmanmade monument anywhere in the world.

The Great Pyramid of CholulaXelhua 66m

La Venta Mexico-The Great Pyramid Olmec 33m----This is

one of the earliest pyramids known in Mesoamerica.

It was made out of an estimated 100,000 cubic meters

of earth fill.



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