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Mahabalipuram: Arjuna's Penance, Detail of elephants

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dc.contributor.authorPhotographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham
dc.coverage.spatialIndia (Mamallapuram, Tamil Nadu)
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-15T01:39:08Z
dc.date.available2019-10-15T01:39:08Z
dc.date.createdcirca 1970s
dc.date.updated2019-10-15T01:39:08Z
dc.descriptionAll representations of animals in Indian art show a profound sympathy and understanding for the animal world, comparable to that found in the delicate Chinese paintings of birds and beasts showing every soft feather and every hair of glistening fur. At Mahabalipuram, the sculpture does not dwell on infinite details in order to capture this same depth of expression, but rather successfully represents the massive character of the animals' forms: the elephants in our detail, for example, are convincingly vitalized masses ranging from a powerful bull to a pair of clumsy yet deliberate baby elephants. Due to the broad handling of forms, such as the elephants, there is a more organic and natural quality to the images which is so characteristic of the Pallava styles in India at this period.
dc.format.extent35mm
dc.format.mediummounted transparency
dc.format.mediumb&w
dc.format.mediumsepia
dc.format.mimetypeimage/tiff
dc.identifierANUA 682-1802
dc.identifier.otherIM-964
dc.identifier.other5
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/176798
dc.language.isoen_AU
dc.provenanceDigitised by the Australian National University in 2019
dc.relation.ispartofseriesBasham Collection
dc.rights.licenseThis item is provided for research purposes. Contact the Australian National University Archives at butlin.archives@anu.edu.au for permission to use.
dc.subjectPallava-- Mahabalipuram (Mamallapuram) - Pallava
dc.subjectarchitecture
dc.subjectstone sculpture
dc.subjectslide set
dc.titleMahabalipuram: Arjuna's Penance, Detail of elephants
dc.typeImage
dspace.entity.typeANUArchivesItem

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