[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [Indian Sculpture and Painting, Illustrated by Typical Masterpieces, with an Explanation of their Motives and Ideals](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908) › c7.225 # Indian Sculpture and Painting, Illustrated by Typical Masterpieces, with an Explanation of their Motives and Ideals c7.225 Indian Sculpture and Painting, Illustrated by Typical Masterpieces, with an Explanation of their Motives and Ideals c7.225 - **Language:** English ### [c7.225](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c7.225) Plate XXI. is a splendid fragment from the Elephanta caves of a colossal sculpture of Siva as the Destroyer. It was mutilated by the Portuguese in the sixteenth century, but enough remains to show the noble composition and movement, and the exquisitely finished modelling of the head, shoulders, and trunk. The latter retains the idealised Buddhist character in the slim waist and effacement of the muscular details. - [Previous: c7.224](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c7.224) - [Next: c7.226](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c7.226) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c7) ## Cites (1) - [Elephanta](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.elephanta) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c7.225](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c7.225) · Pramāṇa