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Rock-cut temples


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    • found: Work cat.: Lad Khan temple mandapa, Aihole, Karnataka, India, ca. 5th century A.D., via University of Washington digital collections, International Collections, Oct. 23, 2020
    • found: Art & architecture thesaurus online, June 22, 2021(rock-cut temples. UF rock-hewn temples. BT temples (buildings). SN Temples cut out of the living rock.)
    • found: Britannica online, June 22, 2021(Rock-cut temple; temples hewn from rock; In the peninsula [of India] the early rock-cut temples imitated Buddhist models. Although the Calukyas did introduce freestanding temples, most of their patronage extended to rock-cut monuments. The Pallavas also began with rock-cut temples, as at Mahabalipur, but, when they took to freestanding temples, they produced the most-impressive examples of their time)
    • found: Rock-cut architecture, via Cultural India website, June 22, 2021(the caves, temples and monasteries that were built by cutting rocks are grouped as rock-cut architecture; Monolithic Rock-Cut Temples: The architects of the Pallava Dynasty initiated rock carving to create monolithic structures that resemble temples. A monolithic rock-cut temple is chiselled out of a single colossal rock in the shape of masonry or wooden temples including embellishment on walls and other areas showcasing fine work of art and engineering)
    • found: Huxley, J. The rock-cut temples in India preceded stone building, 1956, via The architectural review website, viewed June 22, 2021(nowhere else than in India is there such a wealth or variety of rock-cut temples, spread over so long a period of time; They are of two distinct kinds - caves and monoliths, the former excavated, the latter carved out of the living rock as a sculptor carves a statue out of a block of marble. At their highest peak, both types may become large many-roomed constructions, sometimes two-storeyed, or in the case of the monoliths, even with several storeys. Both caves and monoliths may be embellished with splendid sculpture, it too of course executed in the rock-mass)

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