[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911) › c8.60 # A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c8.60 A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c8.60 - **Language:** English ### [c8.60](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c8.60) accustomed to the strange design. The porch is a walled chamber with a low, massive roof, and internal pillars are wholly wanting. The combination of vertical and horizontal lines is skilfully arranged so as to give dignity to buildings of moderate height. This early astylar form of temple is best illustrated by the Muktesvara shrine, which Fergusson called 'the gem of Orissan art' (Fig. 8). - [Previous: c8.59](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c8.59) - [Next: c8.61](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c8.61) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c8) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mukteswara Temple](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.monument.mukteswara-temple) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c8.60](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c8.60) · Pramāṇa