The Hindu Temple v2.c11.s1.82
The Hindu Temple v2.c11.s1.82
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v2.c11.s1.82
Height, not included in the canon, is added above the line dividing the hair from the forehead. This is considerable. Most of the crowns of the Greater Gods surpass the height of their faces, and the head together with the crown forms one sculptural unit (Pls. VI, XVII, LIV, LXII, LXX); the—invariably crowned—images of the gods thus exceed the proportions of the body in its likeness to that of man.