Cave Temple
- Title:
- Cave Temple
Cave 16 - Alternate Title:
- Kailashnatha (Kailasa temple)
- Collection:
- Beyond the Taj: Architectural Traditions and Landscape Experience in South Asia
- Photographer:
- MacDougall, Robert D. (Robert Duncan), 1940-1987
- Date:
- ca. 600-800
- Location:
- Ellora (Maharashtra, India)
- Country:
- India
- ID Number:
- MCD_01622
- Call Number:
- B-Q5 Ell 3.4 Cav16 5-7
- File Name:
- MCD_01622.jpg
- Style/Period:
- Rashtrakuta Dynasty
- Work Type:
- cave temples
- Subject:
- vimanas
Dhvajasthambha
cave temples
Vakataka
Brahmanism
Kailasa - Image View Description:
- Ext.: (from front to back) entrance, Dhvaja Sthamba, Vimana
- Description:
- Brahmanic Cave. Considered to be the culmination of rock-cut temple architecture. Contains the extraordinarily powerful relief of Ravana shaking Mt. Kailasa. Dates: 7th-8th C., probably late 8th C. Built by Krishna of Rashtrakuta dynasty.
- Notes:
- Image and original data maintained by the Cornell University Library. This digital collection is a result of a long-term collaboration between Professor Bonnie G. MacDougall, Department of Architecture and Margaret N. Webster, Director of the George W. & Adelaide Knight Visual Resources Facility in the College of Architecture, Art and Planning.
- Source:
- MacDougall, R. D.
Grove Dictionary of Art
Harle, James C.
The Art and Architecture of the Indian Subcontinent
New York: Penguin Books
1986
Fine Arts Library
N7301.H28
Sivaramamurti, Calambur
The Art of India
New York: H. N. Abrams
1977
Fine Arts Library
N7302.S62 1977 - Cite As:
- Bonnie and Robert MacDougall papers, #15-2-4397. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- This image is protected by copyright, and the copyright holder is Cornell University. It is licensed for reuse under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Images in the Beyond the Taj collection were created between roughly 1960-1987, and were digitized by Cornell University Library from a variety of negatives, positives, and slides retained by the Estate of Bonnie MacDougall. Permission is required for any use that extends beyond what is authorized by the license, fair use, and/or other statutory exemptions. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item. Cornell welcomes additional information about the items in this collection, including any additional information regarding rights holders. Please contact rareref@cornell.edu with any such information or to request permission to use any images from this collection. For additional information about how you may use materials from Cornell University Library’s Digital Collections, review our Guidelines for Using Text, Images, Audio from Cornell University Library Collections (http://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/CULCopyright).