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© 2015 albert-learning.com Vocabulary Tapestry: A piece of thick textile fabric with pictures or designs formed by weaving colored weft threads or by embroidering on canvas, used as a wall hanging or soft furnishing. Encompasses: S urround and have or hold within. Reminiscent: T ending to remind one of something. Exemplified: B e a typical example of. Intricate: V ery complicated or detailed. Engravings: A print made from an engraved plate, block, or other surface. Arrondissement: A subdivision of a French department, for local government administration.

Ancient Architecture © 2015 albert-learning.com Ancient Indian Architecture Indian architecture is that vast tapestry of production of the Indian Subcontinent that encompasses a multitude of expressions over space and time, transformed by the forces of history considered unique to the sub-continent, sometimes destroying, but most of the time absorbing. The result is an evolving range of architectural production that none the less retains a certain amount of continuity across history.

Ancient Architecture © 2015 albert-learning.com The Ajanta Caves in India are 29 rock-cut cave monuments which date from the 2nd century BCE. The caves include paintings and sculptures considered to be masterpieces of both Buddhist religious art as well as frescos which are reminiscent of the Sigiriya paintings in Sri Lanka. The caves were built in two phases starting around 200 BCE, with the second group of caves built around 600 CE. Since 1983, the Ajanta Caves have been a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The caves are located in the Indian state of Maharashtra, near Jalgaon, just outside the village of Ajintha.

Ancient Architecture © 2015 albert-learning.com The most famous Islamic buildings in India emerged during the Mughal period. Mughal architecture built on the traditional Hindu architecture with influences from the Persian world. Over time, Hindu and Islamic architecture produced a synthesis that is exemplified in the glorious production of Akbar- the city of Fatehpur Sikri, considered by many to be superior to the Taj Mahal (often seen as representing India) in terms of what it has to teach to civilization- syncretism, tolerance and the best of different worlds, and the Taj itself, renowned for its beauty in white marble, its intricate engravings, its minarets and its setting.

Ancient Architecture © 2015 albert-learning.com Ancient France Architecture Eiffel Tower ( ), built by Gustave Eiffel for the Exposition Universelle of 1889 in Paris. View from Trocadéro.

Ancient Architecture © 2015 albert-learning.com Notre-Dame de Paris also known as Notre-Dame Cathedral or simply Notre-Dame, is a historic Catholic cathedral on the eastern half of the Île de la Cité in the fourth arrondissement of Paris, France. The cathedral is widely considered to be one of the finest examples of French Gothic architecture and among the largest and most well-known church buildings in the world. The naturalism of its sculptures and stained glass are in contrast with earlier Romanesque architecture.

Ancient Architecture © 2015 albert-learning.com The river gallery of the Château de Chenonceau, designed by Philibert Delorme and Jean Bullant

Ancient Architecture © 2015 albert-learning.com Ancient American Architecture Hamilton Hall, 9 Chestnut Street was built in 1805 by Samuel McIntire in Salem, Massachusetts.

Ancient Architecture © 2015 albert-learning.com Chicago's Home Insurance Building, the world's first steel framed skyscraper, erected in The Home Insurance Building is generally noted as the first tall building to be supported, both inside and outside, by a fireproof metal frame.

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