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Temple of Vittalswami, Gopuram, Frieze

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Authors

Frederic, Louis
Photographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham

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Abstract

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Almost all the gopurams of this period bear vertical friezes decorating the uprights which portray the avataras, or various forms of Visnu. At the base of this ascending frieze is always found a statue of a woman standing on a makara, symbolising the Ganges. The one shown here, although much mutilated, still retains a remarkable suppleness, further accentuated by the figure-of-eight movement of the climbing plants which surround her. The voluminous chignon sags to one side.

Keywords

Vijayanagara style, architecture, stone sculpture, book scan

Citation

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/176927

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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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