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Visvanatha Temple, Apsara, 10th-11th Centuries

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Authors

Frederic, Louis
Photographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham

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Abstract

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This close-up shows one of the apsarases which decorate the circumambulatory. Most of them have been broken but despite their mutilation they have preserved an unequalled grace which bears witness to the skill of the sculptor. The twist of the back of these heavenly beauties, who seem to wish to hide their faces in shame, lends them a remarkable seductiveness. Only the lower limbs have been somewhat neglected but this is a characteristic common to all the sculptures of this period.

Keywords

Central India & Western India-- Khajuraho, architecture, stone sculpture, book scan

Citation

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/176217

Collections

Basham Photographs

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Image

Archives Series

Basham Collection

Date created

1959

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This item is provided for research purposes. Contact the Australian National University Archives at butlin.archives@anu.edu.au for permission to use.

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