Burma (myanmar)Architecture

Begins with the Bagan Empire.(800s)

Bagan

sheer number of religious

-magnificent architecture of the
buildings, and their
contribution to
Burmese temple design.

Bagan

Bagan temple falls into one of two broad

categories:

1.The stupa

style solid temple.

also called a pagoda.
is a massive structure,
typically with a relic
chamber
evolved
frominside.
earlier Pyu designs
Indian/Ceylonese stupa
had a hemispheric body
Pali: anda, "the egg on which a
rectangular box surrounded by a
stone balustrade (harmika) was
set.

Evolution of Burmese Stupas :

Bawbawgyi Pagoda
(7th century Sri Ksetra)

Bupaya (pre-11th century)

The Lawkananda (pre-11th century)

Evolution of Burmese Stupas :

The Shwezigon(11th century) The Dhammayazika (12th century)

The Mingalazedi (13th century)

Bagan temple falls into one of two broad

categories:

2. The gu-style
hollow temple.
is a structure used for
meditation, devotional
worship of the Buddha
and other Buddhist rituals.
Two basic styles:
1. one-face" design
grew out of 2nd century
Beikthano
2. four-face design
from 7th century Sri Ksetra

Gawdawpalin Temple

Dhammayangyi Temple

Main features of Gu-style:

The pointed arches.
The vaulted chamber.

Innovations
1.Burmese temple designs
evolved from Indic, Pyu and
possibly Mon styles, the
techniques of vaulting developed
in Bagan itself.

2. The Buddhist temple

pentagonal floor plan
design grew out of hybrid
between one-face and
four-face designs.
Examples: Pentagonal Design
The Dhammayazika
The Ngamyethna Pagoda

 The period of Angkor ,period from

approximately the latter half of the 8th
century AD.
Angkor
- is the ancient capital of the
Khmer empire
Khmer Empire
- now known as Cambodia

CAMBODIAN ARCHITECTURE

CAMBODIAN
ARCHITECTURE
Angkor Wat
-is a temple complex in Angkor
Suryavarman II
-Architect of angkor Wat
considered one of the
Seven Wonders of the Modern World
.

CAMBODIAN
ARCHITECTURE
Choeung Ek
-the site of a former
orchard and mass grave of
victims of the Khmer
Rouge

Independence Monument
Located in Phnom Penh
, capital of Cambodia,
was built in 1958 for
Cambodia's
independence from
France in 1953.

CAMBODIAN
ARCHITECTURE
National Museum of
Cambodia
Cambodia's largest museum of
cultural history and is the
country's leading historical and
archaeological museum.

 Tonle Sap - the Great Lake, one of Cambodia's most notable geographic
features.
Siem Reap - is a city near the Tonle Sap lake and is the closest city to
Angkor of the ancient Khmer empire.
Hinduism - is the oldest of the major world religions and, with
approximately 1.05 billion followers, the third largest.
Mount Meru - In Hinduism, Mount Meru is the mountain where the gods
live, supposedly 80,000 leagues high.
Buddhism - is the religion and philosophy based on the teachings of
Gautama Siddhartha
Vishnu - is a Vedic Supreme God in Hinduism.
Phnom Penh - is the capital and largest city of Cambodia.
Bakheng Style - was the first temple mountain constructed in the area of
Angkor proper north of Siem Reap
Bayon - is a well-known and richly decorated Khmertemple at Angkor in
Cambodia.