The Hindu Temple v2.c12.85

v2.c12.85

In this keypoint, the main directions intersect of the three-dimensional composition of tis carving. The one diagonal in space is laid from the hand to the chignon, andthe second diagonal connects the right shoulder with the tip of the scarf and wich is fitted into the outline of the figure, on the left. The rectangle formedby these two diagonals has for its one side the edge of the buttress on the right, an for the other, a parallel drawn from the end of the chignon to the left heel. This rectangular prism is but half of the whole; the lower part, from the end of he scarf down to the heels is similarly traversed by two diagonals in space, linkin the one, the direction of the small person on the right, with the end of the scarf of he goddess, and the other, her left heel with the hand holding the vessel. In thi way the two congruous space prisms are similarly filled by the disposition of he round volumes of the image. The compositional movement in space leads from the shoulder in the foreground on the right to the left buttock in the background, and thence, in the lower half, to the foreground in front of the arm and leg of the small person. The highest surfaces of the volumes, on the right, are anchored in the depth at the opposite side, in the middle of the height of this image, at the end of the scarf.