The Hindu Temple v2.c11.s1.80

v2.c11.s1.80

In the general, the Navatāla type, the main proportions are worked out on the principle of organic differentiation similar to that of Byzantine art,³¹ the only difference being that ⅓ ‘Face length’ is given in the Indian image to the knee, whereas in the Byzantine icon no height at all is provided for the knee and ⅓ ‘Face length’ is added as height of the skull. The Indian Navatāla image thus has relatively long legs and a relatively short trunk—the images of goddesses, having this proportion, especially those whose bodies sway and turn around their vertical axis in space, are seen with foreshortened trunks on pillar shaped legs. (Pls. XIII, XV).