Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/06/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Very interesting document on the frivolous sculpturing art of those days. The time and patience they must have consacrated to realize this! Thanks for showing, Philippe Op 10-jun-06, om 11:40 heeft Richard het volgende geschreven: > How can one take pictures of the Grand Canyon? With the exceptions > of few awe inspiring pictures, most are just photographs of a hole, > albeit a big one, on the ground. > > Thus with some trepidations that I present this gallery: http:// > www.dragonsgate.net/pub/richard/PICS/061006/ > The photographic contribution is close to nil. Nevertheless, it > records a cultural heritage that belongs to all of us. The first > set of photographs is from a stone temple built around 12-13th > century. The workmanship is so startling that the artisans carved > through some of the statues, as shown in the very first picture. I > *believe* (but could be wrong) that this temple is Shiva's temple. > The second set is from a temple built around 10th century and their > styles are somewhat different. I believe this temple is Vishnu's > temple. The last picture is of Vishnu dreaming, from whose navel > Brahma, the Creator comes forth. > > > // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, > please use richard at imagecraft.com) > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >