The Hindu Temple v2.c12.104

v2.c12.104

The image of this crowned goddess represents an extremely complex type of mediaeval sculpture; its emotional finesse is on the point of outgrowing sculptural form. Writhing around its axis the image soars on her left leg pillar. The other is folded up within an acute angle; it is supported by an attendant,—carrying a bag on his back—of rich plastic vitality; his flexed, bouncing figure lends weight to the group, makes it rest on the sprightly support; it is a counter-player to the leg-pillar, while it also accompanies the upward diagonal of the raised leg whose painted foot is stretched with a ballet-dancer’s discipline. To this, most powerful accent in the group, the upper part of the body responds by a measured conduct of its limbs, first backwards in space towards the wall, then upward, leaning against it and sending forth ball or egg shapes and other smaller volumes each clearly set off from the other.