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ArchitectureWat Rajapradit Sathit Mahasimaram
There are a lot of important architecture styles inside Wat Rajapradit Sathit Mahasimara, both for the temple area and the area for the monks. In the temple area, there is a royal monastery in a traditional Thai style. The building is decorated with marble. The wooden roof is decorated with Lam Yong decorative tile. The gable is the picture of Maha Makut and Phra Khan placed on an ornate tray. Below the gable is a picture of an important elephant with tiered umbrellas on both sides. Behind the vihara is Pasana Chedi which is the principal pagoda of the temple. It is a bell-shape pagoda made of marble. Phra Jom Tower is another important building in the temple. The temples with only temples and pagodas can be found in the temple built according to the wishes of King Rama IV. The monk’s area of this temple is prohibited for women.
SculptureThe crown-topped Busabok Pulpit
The crown-topped Busabok is consist of the base, the middle part and the top part. The base is in the Singha style with additional corners with the large piece of wood in the front for the monk to get to the pulpit. The middle part is penetrated with the recessing corners (12-piece) at all four corners. The top part of Busabok has the details similar to the details of Phra Maha Pichai Mongkut (Great Crown of Victory, the Coronation crown of Thailand) featuring the 3-tier of diadem, each tier is decorated with moving flowers. Above it is the funnel.
SculptureBuddha Image from Dong Duong
The characters of this Buddha image are of the normal Amaravati or Sri Lankan art. Low Ushanisha, the curly hairs, one-shoulder-covered robe with the left rim raising towards the left hand in the shape of triangle are some of the characters of Amaravati or Sri Lankan Buddha images. The right hand is in Vitarka Mudra while the left holds the tip of the garment in symmetrical manner, which also affiliate to Sith Indian or Sri Lankan art.
ArchitectureMin Gun
Mingun Stupa comprises the solid colossal body meant for supporting the roof and the spire. Unfortunately the stupa had never been finished as the project was abandoned after the demise of the king, Only the lofty body still remains.
ArchitectureModel of Min Gun Stupa
Because the stupa was left unfinished, we have to study the conjectural complete form of Mingun Stupa from the model adjacent to the main stupa. This model suggests us that the complete form of the stupa would be superimposed by the Śikhara and stupa spire.
ArchitectureShin Byu Me
Shinbyume stupa was conceived as the cosmological model in accordance with Buddhism. The central Mouth Meru supporting Culāmani stupa is at the centre while there is the triple staircase in the front is connectible to the miraculous staircase of the descent from Tavatimsa Heaven. There are also the celestial abodes for the heavenly creatures, including deities and Nagas. Seven rings of mountain ranges enclosing Mount Meru are also explicitly depicted. This is the most complicate and complete model of the cosmos in Burmese art which is only popular during the later Amarapura-and-Mandalay period.
ArchitecturePathodawgyi
The composition of Pathodawgyi is closely similar to Pagan art, especially the triple base decorating the Jātaka panels and the double torus moldings. In the middle of each base, there are staircases providing the access to the circumambulatory path on the top of each base. The bell-shaped element is decorated with Kāla faces disgorging the garland. These above-mentioned characters are under the inspiration of Pagan influences while the elongate banana-bud-liked pinnacle is different from the shorter one in Pagan art.
ArchitectureKyauk Taw Gyi
Kyauktawgyi is the most beautiful Ananda copy in Amarapura period. The main spire is Shikhara as that of Ananda in Pagan. Furthermore, the architectural details of this temple are very similar to those of Pagan art, including the offset division of the main Shikhara, the four projecting porches and the pediments which are decorated with Makaras and the elongated leafs. However, some differences are also noticeable. Pagan architecture became the favourite prototype for Amarapura-and-Mandalay architects to copy, as the later-period architects considered Pagan architecture as the culmination of Burmese art.
