The Antiquities of Orissa v1.c9.1

v1.c9.1

ARCHITECTURAL DETAILS AND SCULPTURE:—Trammels of orders and styles. Unity of Indian art. Situation, the first element of beauty in architecture,—how regarded by ancient Indians;---neglected in the present day. Tanks, Magnitude, the second element of beauty; how adventitiously increased. Solidity and massiveness. Basement. Crests for mouldings. Battlements. Mouldings for plinths. Walls and pilasters. Pillars. Cornices. Various kinds of Mouldings. Bands and fascias. Weather-moulding. Coats of Arms. Eccentric ornaments. Brackets. Bosses, Finials. Lotus. Quality of floral designs. Do—of figures of animals. Do—of the human form. Schools of Daedalus, of Aeginitus, of Egypt, of Assyria and of Orissa. Merits and defects of Orissan human figures. Features. Relative proportions of the different members of the human figure. Relief. Groups. Drapery. Obscenity of Orissan sculptures; its cause. Sculptures carved *in situ*. Torentic art.