The Hindu Temple v2.c12.60

v2.c12.60

This power lies radiant in the fiercely calm face; it gives its forward sweeping curve to the chest and to the lotus-stalk whose flower discs are set on either side of the full visage. The triple furrowed pillar of the neck is part of the erect posture of the image. It is overlaid and surrounded by heavy ornaments, arms and the weapons. The balance of form in the horizontal which passes through the lotus discs and the face and correlates their shapes amidst themselves and with the vertical of the body, has all the concentration of the mind and heart of the artist; the rest shows the skill of his hand applied on the framework of established tradition.