Asian Art History Chapter 4

Shayk Zayn al-Din, Lady Impey supervising her household, 1777-1783, opaque watercolor on paper. 

Eight Sikh Servants and Courtiers of the Raja of Patiala, 1817, pencil and watercolor on paper.  

Tilly Kettle, Shuja-Al Dala, Nawab of Awadh Holding a Bow, 1772, oil on canvas

Felice Beato, the Secundura Bagh after the slaughter of 2000 rebels… 1858, albumen silver paper.

Frederick William Stevens, Victoria Terminus/Cchatrapati Shivaji Terminus, 1887.

Edwin Lutyens, Viceroy’s House/Rashtrapati Bhavan, 1912-1929

Rabindranith Tagore, Dancing Woman, 1928-1940, ink on paper

Le Corbusier, Assembly Hall, 1953-63

M.F. Husain, Arjuna with Chariot, 1971, oil on canvas

Tyeb Mehta, Santinketin Triptych, 1986-7, Oil on Canvas

molding

shaped or sculpted strip with varying corners and patterns, used as decoration on architecture or furniture

single-point perspective

represented objects recede in space by being drawn smaller and closer together towards a single point at horizon line

picturesque

used to describe picture like qualities of landscape sense popular in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries in Europe

Indo-Saracentic

architecture that combines native Indian traditions with Islamic and Neo-Gothic ones. 

Neo-Gothic

revival or adaptation of European medieval Gothic architecture

groin-vault

vault created by intersection of two barrel vaults of equal size which creates four identical compartments

loggia

Italian term of gallery, used as a corridor between building around a courtyard, usually features an arcade or colonnade. 

Krishna 

a principal avatar of Vishnu, portrayed as mischevious infant, model lover, divine hero.

International Style

functional style of 20th-century architecture that is characterized by regular unadorned geometric forms, open interiors, and the use of glass, steel, reinforced concrete. 

Le Corbusier / Edwin Lutyen

French architect who designed city of Chandigarh in 20th century // architect who designed government buildings of Delhi.