. Easy steps in architecture and architectural drawing .. . Fig. 14. ELEVATION OF THE ENTRANCE-GATE OF THE TEMPLEAT CHILLIMBARAM. 18. All these buildings are of a pyramidal shape,with vertical stages, which are separated by curved roofsand terminate above in the form of a cupola (Fig. 12).Rows of small cupolas stand out from the roofs of thestages. The walls of these stages are covered in a be-wildering way with pilasters and niches, with intricatelycut cornices, with varied intersecting mouldings, andwith manifold and fantastic embellishments and carv-ings. The pillars, which are round or oct
. Easy steps in architecture and architectural drawing .. . Fig. 14. ELEVATION OF THE ENTRANCE-GATE OF THE TEMPLEAT CHILLIMBARAM. 18. All these buildings are of a pyramidal shape,with vertical stages, which are separated by curved roofsand terminate above in the form of a cupola (Fig. 12).Rows of small cupolas stand out from the roofs of thestages. The walls of these stages are covered in a be-wildering way with pilasters and niches, with intricatelycut cornices, with varied intersecting mouldings, andwith manifold and fantastic embellishments and carv-ings. The pillars, which are round or octagonal, resem- 98 EASY LESSONS IN ARCHITECTURE ble the columnar structure of the rock temples, and arerichly ornamented in every part. The inner spaces arelow and dark, but the cupolas are high and narrow.(The cucurbitaceous, i. e., gourd-shape cupolas of themore recent pagodas, with fluted pointed arches, areborrowed from Mahometan architecture.). Fig. 15. Fig. 16. To sum up, it should particularly be observed that inthese structures full massive forms, instead of simpleand suitable ones, predominate; that a pyramidal super-structure takes the place of the rectilineal and rectangu-lar; and that, finally, neither the main outlines nor theminuter details are determined by fixed laws, but ratherby arbitrary discretion. EASY LESSONS IN ARCHITECTURE 99 Figure 13 represents a pilaster at the entrance-gateof the temple at Chillimbaram (Fig. 14), Figure 15 acolumn, Figure 16 a moulding, and Figure 17 a frontof a temple of late Indian style.
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