The Hindu Temple v2.c12.139

v2.c12.139

Flying, fighting, these heroic celestials are martial rhythm embodied as sculpture: interlaced triangles within sword and club, face against face, body against body, the backs slashing through space, the spine a scimitar, the haunches stretched with the fierceness of a tiger's shape, their arms and weapons are thrown back each to the opposite hip. The heads are streamlined, egg-shaped, Gorgo-mouthed, the lips denude a terrific mass of teeth, the eyes bulge and nostrils tremble in this combat in mid-air, or also in the turmoil of the passionate, the subtle body of man.