The Kailas at Ellora : a new view of a misunderstood masterwork
By
Roger Vogler
Contributor
with photographs by Peeyush Sekhsaria and Roger Vogler
Item Type
Hardcover (Book)
Serial
15479
Publisher
INTACH with association with Mapin Publishing
Description
143 pages : illustrations (colour), 1 map (colour) ; 30 cm
ISBN / ISSN No.
9781935677420
Subject
1. Hindu architecture India Ellora Caves; 2. Hindu sculpture India Ellora Caves; 3. Hindu temples India Ellora Caves.
Summay
Here, for the first time, American architect Roger Vogler examines this great Hindu temple carved downward from the top of a hillside in Maharashtra from the perspective of his fellow architect: the unknown sthapati who actually designed it thirteen centuries ago. The Kailas's magnificent sculptures and carved architectural details have all been extensively documented by many eminent scholars. The great volume of space that envelops them (which as every architect knows is designed with fully as much care and purpose as its solid stone) is, however, almost totally absent from their writings, as are the moral and religious messages that lie beneath these stones, hidden in metaphor. Not the least of these are the towering raw cliffs enclosing the temple's precincts: themselves metaphors for the presence of God.
Keyword
Ellora caves, Ellora temple, Ellora sculpture.
DDC Classification No.
726.145095479
Accession No.
15479
Shelving location
7
Status
Available
Category
Architecture-India
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