Therefore this book argues the textiles represented on these sculptures offer a unique insight into the patterned splendour of the textiles in circulation during this period.
... flower in the center instead of the image of the arhat. In its square border, however, is a series of ... stones (uß»ìßas) of vedikàs that surround stùpas or other caityas, such as those found at Bodhgaya and àyàgapa†a. Thus, the ...
... stone.” life imitates art. for the first time is, “how did he make the sculptures?” Konovalenko himself The Stone Flower earned enormous popular and critical acclaim. Konoffered a good précis: musical Theatre more than a decade earlier ...
Each has been extensively photographed and researched by the author to make this book the most comprehensive survey available of this obscure and fascinating architectural phenomenon.
... sculpture with inscrip- tions . Two ornate Greek sarcophagi are also included . 1837. MURAL PLAQUE , Assyrian . Square ornamenta- tion , with floral designs , rosettes , lotus flowers and cones ; lotus flower and bud border . Alabaster ...
... sculpture that looked like a strange stone flower on a standing stone dish. But the ninth ring in the garden was weird, the stones were removed to expose the bare soil below. I looked around but saw no corresponding statue. I realized ...
... stone flower sculpture representing the Aztec fertility goddesses Xochiquetzal that was displayed at the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City, and the speculation that the flower-clad female figure in the glorious Primavera ...
... flower called uke bana , then the Ku Rin ( nine rings ) , followed by another uke bana with more open petals that rests on Fuku Batsu ( upturned bowl ) with a Roban below . Instead of Kasa , however , there are four steps gradually ...
... stone men and horses and soaring stone pillars and tablets , as they combine to form a visual eulogy to the monarch ... flower . This device was adopted for stone pillars erected for nearly all the late Tang mausoleums , in much ...
... flower and standing besides his. The other marvelous images include a relief sculpture comprising of four deer ... stone has traveled a long distance. The rock-cut caves of Ajanta and Ellora and Udayagiri; the Chalukyan temple of ...