Art 515: Reference reading list for general discussion
1. Introduction
Meister, Michael W. "An Essay in Indian Architecture," Roopa
Lekha 41 (1973): 35-47.
-------, "De- and Re-constructing the Indian Temple," Art Journal
49 (1990): 395-400.
Riegl, Alois, "The Modern Cult of Monuments: Its Character and
Its Origin," trans. Kurt Forster and Diane Ghirardo, Oppositions 25
(1982): 21-51.
Rykwert, Joseph and Michael W. Meister. "On Adam's House and
Hermits' Huts," in Coomaraswamy, Essays in Early Indian Architecture.
2. Architectural vocabulary of early India
Coomaraswamy, Ananda K. Essays in Early Indian Architecture.
Introduction, plates, and the categories and analysis (not terms) in the
text.
Meister, Michael W., "Sub-Urban Planning and Rock-Cut
Architecture in India," in Madhu, Recent Researches in Indian Archaeology
and Art History, ed. M. S. Nagaraja Rao, pp. 157-64. Delhi: Agam Kala
Prakashan, 1981.
Reference: Dehejia, Vidya. Early Buddhist Rock Temples,
Ithaca, N.Y., 1972.
3. Symbolism
John Irwin, "'Asokan Pillars: A Reassessment of the Evidence,
Part IV: Symbolism," Burlington Magazine 118 (November 1976):
734-753.
Meister, Michael W. "Altars and Shelters in India," aarp (Art
and Archaeology Research Papers) 16 (1979): 39.
--------, "Construction and Conception: Mandapika Shrines of
Central India," East and West, new series 26 (1978): 409-18
-------, "Symbol and Surface: Masonic and Pillared
Wall-Structures in North India," Artibus Asiae 46 (1985): 129-48.
-------, "Symbology and Architectural Practice in India." In
Sacred Architecture in the Traditions of India, China, Judaism and Islam,
ed. Emily Lyle, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1992, pp. 5-24.
4. Form
Meister, Michael W. "Prasada as Palace: Kutina Origins of the Nagara
Temple," Artibus Asiae 49 (1989): 254-80.
-------, "Measurement and Proportion in Hindu Temple
Architecture," Interdisciplinary Science Reviews 10 (1985): 248-58.
5. Transformation/translation
Mason, Darielle. "A Sense of Time and Place, Style and
architectural Disposition of Images on the North Indian Temple," in Gods,
Guardians, and Lovers, pp. 116-37.
Meister, Michael W., "Asceticism and Monasticism as Reflected in
Indian Art." In Monastic Life in the Christian and Hindu Traditions,
ed. A. Creel and V. Narayanan. Lewiston, N.Y.: Edwin Mellen Press, 1990,
pp. 219-44.
--------, "Juncture and Conjunction: Punning and Temple
Architecture." Artibus Asiae 41 (1979): 226-34.
-------, "Fragments From a Divine Cosmology: Unfolding Forms on
India's Temple Walls." In Vishakha N. Desai and Darielle Mason (eds.),
Gods, Guardians, and Lovers: Temple Sculptures from North India A.D.
700-1200, pp. 94-115. New York: The Asia Society Galleries, 1993.
6. Reformation
Meister, Michael W. "Indian Islam's Lotus Throne: Kaman and
Khatu Kalan." In Islam and Indian Regions, ed. Anna Libera
Dallapiccola
and Stephanie Lallemant. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, pp. 445-52.
--------, "The Two-and-a-Half Day Mosque." Oriental Art, new
series, 18 (1972): 57-63.