shree limn arts

KRISHNA SUPPORTING MOUNT GOVARDHANA Title : Krishna Supporting Mount Govardhana Medium : Stone Date : Hoysala Period Finding Site : Belur Size : 3 ft Artist : Unknown GENERAL DESCRIPTION Temple architectures were one of the important activities during Hoysala period. Besides the elaborate temple architectures, each temple of this period was decorated with sculptures , which formed an intrinsic part of the architecture.  The Hoysala style is named after one of the famous dynasties of the Deccan , which emerged around the middle of the eleventh century and is generally considered to have come to an end in the mid fourteenth century.  The capital of the Hoysala kings was Dvarasamudra , the modern Halebi d. Hoysala style is unique in its own way and is highly characterized. The earliest major Hoysala temples are at Belur .  Hoysala sculptures show deep carving and undercutting, soft rhythms of the body contours , delicate and intric...

Title : Arjuna’s Penance or Gangavatarana Medium : Stone Date : Pallava Period (7th century AD) Finding Site : Mamallapuram (Chennai) Size : 91 ft X 152 ft (Approx) Artist : Unknown GENERAL DESCRIPTION The monuments of the Pallavas consist of cave temples and structural temples, plus a few monolithic structures.  One of the most important sculptural works of this period is from Mamallapuram . The relief is on two huge boulders.   The sculpture is uneven but very distinct and spontaneous in representation. There is a flow in the whole composition. There is a crowd of life–size human and animal figures.   They include gods , demi - gods, and sages, all in the flying position . There is a cleft in between the two boulders . All the figures are shown facing the cleft. Though there are lots of movements and energy on the upper part of the relief, in the lower part of the composition the life shown almost calms down.  The ascetic figures in the crowd have been sho...