The Chalukyan Architecture of the Kanarese Districts c30.s1.5

c30.s1.5

it is all angles, and the result of these being carried right up the tower is that the latter is chopped up into innumerable little blocks, each with its own mosaic of lights and shadows. This arrangement, though novel, is by no means so pleasing as the square-planned towers; it loses vigour and motif, and is weak and almost insipid. The storeyed arrangement has nearly disappeared, but is still traceable, there being six storeys above the cornice and between it and the crowning member.