Introduction to Asian Art
ART HIST 240-0         Professor Sarah E. Fraser
Hindu India
 
  1. Deogarth Vishnu Temple. General view. Deogarth, India. Gupta Period, ca. 500-550 CE.
  2. Deogarth Vishnu Temple. Vishnu on Cosmic Naga Serpent (south side). Deogarth, India. Gupta Period, ca. 500-550 CE.
  3. Khajaraho, (Kandariya Mahadeva) Temple. India, 1st quarter of 11th century.
  4. Khajaraho, (Kandariya Mahadeva) Temple. Int. view of garba griha (with linga). India, 1st quarter of 11th century.
  5. Khajaraho, (Kandariya Mahadeva) Temple. South wall: Erotic figures/union of divine and human taking form as male and female. India, 1st quarter of 11th century.
  6. Parasuramesvara Temple. Bhuvanesvar (town in Orissa State), Eastern India, 7th century.
  7. Mamallapuram. The Shore Temple, view of the south. Stone. India, Pallava Dynasty, 7th-8th century.
  8. Muktesvara Temple. View of shikhara from the south. Bhuvanesvar (town in Orissa State), Eastern India, 10th century.
  9. Lingaraja Temple. View from front. Bhuvanesvar (town in Orissa State), Eastern India, 11th century.
  10. Lingaraja Temple. Plan (note thick walls of garba griha in black). Bhuvanesvar (town in Orissa State), Eastern India, 11th century.
  11. Mahabalipuram. Rathas (miniature versions of temple types), 5th one off-axis. Southern India, Pallava Dynasty, 7th-8th century.
  12. Mahabalipuram. Dharmaraja Ratha; small version of what will be southern shikhara (Draupadi and Sahadeva), chaitya hall types combined as miniatures in tiers on roof. Southern India, Pallava Dynasty, 7th-8th century.
  13. Mahabalipuram. Descent of the Ganges (Shiva allows Ganges to fall on his head to break the fall of the river, etc.). Southern India, Pallava Dynasty, 7th-8th century.
  14. Shiva Nataraja. Bronze. India, Chola Dynasty, 11th-12th century.

 

  1. Deogarth Vishnu Temple. General view. Deogarth, India. Gupta Period, ca. 500-550 CE.


  2. Deogarth Vishnu Temple. Vishnu on Cosmic Naga Serpent (south side). Deogarth, India. Gupta Period, ca. 500-550 CE.


  3. Khajaraho, (Kandariya Mahadeva) Temple. India, 1st quarter of 11th century.


  4. Khajaraho, (Kandariya Mahadeva) Temple. Int. view of garba griha (with linga). India, 1st quarter of 11th century.


  5. Khajaraho, (Kandariya Mahadeva) Temple. South wall: Erotic figures/union of divine and human taking form as male and female. India, 1st quarter of 11th century.


  6. Parasuramesvara Temple. Bhuvanesvar (town in Orissa State), Eastern India, 7th century.


  7. Mamallapuram. The Shore Temple, view of the south. Stone. India, Pallava Dynasty, 7th-8th century.


  8. Muktesvara Temple. View of shikhara from the south. Bhuvanesvar (town in Orissa State), Eastern India, 10th century.


  9. Lingaraja Temple. View from front. Bhuvanesvar (town in Orissa State), Eastern India, 11th century.


  10. Lingaraja Temple. Plan (note thick walls of garba griha in black). Bhuvanesvar (town in Orissa State), Eastern India, 11th century.


  11. Mahabalipuram. Rathas (miniature versions of temple types), 5th one off-axis. Southern India, Pallava Dynasty, 7th-8th century.


  12. Mahabalipuram. Dharmaraja Ratha; small version of what will be southern shikhara (Draupadi and Sahadeva), chaitya hall types combined as miniatures in tiers on roof. Southern India, Pallava Dynasty, 7th-8th century.


  13. Mahabalipuram. Descent of the Ganges (Shiva allows Ganges to fall on his head to break the fall of the river, etc.). Southern India, Pallava Dynasty, 7th-8th century.


  14. Shiva Nataraja. Bronze. India, Chola Dynasty, 11th-12th century.
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