Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1909)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 296
one of the finest and most wonderful(Fig. 326). The interior of the temple is not only cut outof the solid rock, but the exterior also, with its wonderfullyrich square porch, and its two great square pillars ordeepdans (lamposts) left standing in front, all literally cutout of the solid rock. The… … Fig. 326.—Brahminical Rock-Temple at Ellora. are square and very short in proportion to their breadth;the bases are composed of plinth, circular hollows, and atorus moulding; the square shaft is fluted, the upperextremity of which is convex and ornamented with foliage;and above this are rings,…
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