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Ajanta: Detail of a Column

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dc.contributor.authorFrederic, Louis
dc.coverage.spatialIndia (Ajanta, Maharashtra)
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-24T06:03:24Z
dc.date.available2019-05-24T06:03:24Z
dc.date.created1959
dc.identifierANUA 682-805
dc.identifier.otherIA-904
dc.identifier.otherIA-904
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/163572
dc.descriptionOne of the characteristics of the best period of the art of Ajanta is the variety in the types of columns, Some have, between the abacus and the square base, a 16 sided shaft between two richly decorated octagonal sections, others have more complex shafts, sometimes cylindrical, sometimes with cable-mould fluting, and crowned with a turban-shaped capital on which the abacus rests, In both cases the entablature is supported by brackets, The sides of the supports of the entablature are smooth and sometimes decorated with paintings, Friezes are carved on the architrave,
dc.format.extent35mm
dc.format.mediummounted transparency
dc.format.mediumb&w
dc.format.mimetypeimage/tiff
dc.language.isoen_AU
dc.relation.ispartofseriesBasham Collection
dc.subjectAjanta: Miscellaneous
dc.subjectarchitecture
dc.subjectstone sculpture
dc.subjectbook scan
dc.titleAjanta: Detail of a Column
dc.typeImage
local.description.notesSource: Frederic, L, Indian Temples & Sculpture, Thames & Hudson, London, 1959, Illus, 107
dc.date.updated2019-05-24T06:03:24Z
dc.provenanceDigitised by the Australian National University in 2019
dc.rights.licenseThis image is provided for research purposes only and must not be reproduced without the prior permission of the Archives Program, Australian National University.
CollectionsArthur Llewellyn Basham

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