BASIC LIST OF ARCHIECTURAL STYLES OF NON-WESTERN ORIGIN
JAPAN Nara- Adoption of Chinese style
government and culture A.D.710-794
Center
of Buddhist culture in Japan
Heian- Of the period when Japan
became socially isolated from China
Rise of indigenous Feudalism that
dominate Chinese organizational methods
Momoyama Rise of Castle building
CHINA Taoist Philosophy of creative
principal that gives order to the universe
Balance
between man based and nature based
Qin Dynastic reign giving
power to a central government 221-206 B.C
Great
Wall of China
INDIA Gupta- Dynasty of the
Mauryn Empire of Northern India from A.D. 320-540.
Court was the center of
Classical Indian art and architecture.
Earliest substantial architectural
remains of the region
Pallava-
First Hindu State beginning
A.D. 350.
Expansion
of the influence of Indian Culture
Dravidian-
Beginning of Pallavian style
named after southern Indian Language
ISLAMIC Moorish- Islamic
architecture of North Africa
Mosques
and elaborate fortresses and palaces
Mudejar- Spanish architecture from the 13-16th
centuries
Culture
composed of 50% Christians working in Muslim tradition
Romanesque/Gothic
tradition
Mudejar
Muslims allowed to remain in Spain after Christian re-conquest
Mozarabic Spanish Architecture of the 9th-15th
centuries made by Christians under Islamic influence
Horseshoe
arch
Seljuk Turkish
architecture of Islamic dynasties that ruled from the 11th-13th
centuries
Influence
of Persian culture
Ottoman Turkish
architecture of Byzantine influence made under Islam from the 14th
century on
Mogul Indo-Islamic
Palaces and Mosques 1526-1857
PRE-COLUMBIAN
North
America Pueblo culture of the Anisazi
parent group
Region
of the Southwest United States and North Mexico
Rough
patterned masonry often covered with adobe
Kiva
structure of circular form with cribbed roof
Meso-America Central Mexico and Yucatan Peninsula stretching to Honduras and
Nicaragua
Mayan Plaza
complexes with pyramid structures
Corbel
vaulted spaces, ball courts, sculptural facades, and Roof Combs
Literary
culture of the elite class reflected in architecture
Classic Era Mayan Architecture beginning A.D. 100 and peaking A.D.
900
Post Classic Architecture after 900
Zapotec Eclectic style
of Oaxaca and Southern Mexico
Olmec
and Tehotihuacan influence
Mixtec Conquest of Oaxaca region
around A.D. 800
Use
of columns and fret work motifs
Toltec Architecture of Central
Mexico from 900 on
Foundation
of Aztec style
Feathered
serpent and warrior motifs
Aztec Architecture
associated with culture around the area of Lake Texcoco rising to power around
1450
Region
of present day Mexico City
Twin
Pyramid complex destroyed by the Spanish
SOUTH AMERICA
Tiahuanaco Pre-Incan architecture from 300 B.C
-900 A.D. in Peru and Bolivia
Monolithic
stone carving
Chimu Culture of Northern coast of
Peru with a well developed urban culture
A.D
1000-1470 dominated by Incan culture later in history
Inca Quechuan people who
migrated into the Cuzco area of Peru in 11 A.D
Ruled
until Spanish Conquest
