A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c13.s9.12
A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c13.s9.12
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c13.s9.12
In this place it will suffice to give a single unpublished illustration of a Jain temple in Mysore, dating from about the twelfth century, for which I am indebted to the Archaeological Survey of that State. The central Tīrthankara, or saint, is in the usual conventional style, while the subordinate figures exhibit in an exaggerated form some of the least pleasing peculiarities of Hindu art, and the design of the scroll-work is better suited for metal than stone. Nevertheless the general effect is sumptuous and decorative (Plate LIV).