mausoleum

Examples of mausoleum in the following topics:

• Architecture under Hadrian

  • Hadrian also built a large mausoleum for himself and his family on the right bank of the Tiber River in Rome.
  • Its original design seems to have purposely recalled the Mausoleum of Augustus, located across the river on the Campus Martius.
  • The Mausoleum of Hadrian was a large cylinder topped by a garden and quadriga statue.
  • While Hadrian's Mausoleum still stands today, it was later converted into a residence and fortress under the Roman popes and now serves as a museum.
  • The Mausoleum of Hadrian was a large cylinder topped by a garden and quadriga statue.

• Architecture of the Mughal Period

  • Early Mughal architecture first developed during the reign of Akbar the Great (1556–1605), who commissioned palaces, mosques, gardens, and mausoleums.
  • It boasts the use of the pietra dura technique, with marble and even stone inlay ornamentation in geometrical and arabesque patterns on the facade of the mausoleum, and jali or latticed stone carving decoration.
  • Located in Agra, the Taj Mahal is a white marble mausoleum built between 1632 and 1648 by Shah Jahan in memory of his third wife, Mumtaz Mahal.
  • The mausoleum rests in the middle of a large square plinth and has four almost identical facades, each with a large arch-shaped doorway.
  • Muslim tradition forbids elaborate decoration of graves, and the bodies of Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal are interred in a plain crypt underneath the mausoleum.

• Mosaics in the Early Byzantine Empire

  • The Mausoleum of Galla Placidia is one of the earliest Byzantine buildings in Ravenna.

• Architecture during the Tang Dynasty

  • The tombs and mausoleums of imperial family members, such as the 8th century Tang Dynasty tombs at the Qianling Mausoleum, can also be counted as part of the imperial tradition in architecture.

• Painting in the Early Byzantine Empire

  • Such an example can be seen in a mosaic in the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, which houses the remains of the daughter of Theodosius I.
  • Mausoleum of Galla Placidia.

• Sculpture of the Qin Dynasty

  • Estimates from 2007 were that the three pits containing the Terracotta Army held more than 8,000 soldiers, 130 chariots with 520 horses and 150 cavalry horses, the majority of which remained buried in the pits nearby Qin Shi Huang's mausoleum.

• Machu Picchu

  • The Monumental Mausoleum is a carved statue with a vaulted interior and carved drawings, believed to have been used for rites or sacrifices.

• Diocletian's Palace

  • This increased the feeling of monumentality while emphasizing Diocletian's imperial power, as members of the court had to stand several steps below the entrances to the temples, mausoleum, and court rooms.

• Calligraphy during the Six Dynasties Period

  • The original is lost; however, some believed that it was buried in the mausoleum of Emperor Taizong of Tang.

• Art and Architecture of the Achaemenid Empire

  • They also constructed spectacular cities for governance and habitation, temples for worship and social gatherings, and mausoleums honoring fallen kings.