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Lepakshi: Architecture, Sculpture, Painting
by Anna L. Dallapiccola, Brigitte Khan Majlis and George Michell with John M. Fritz
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AuthorAnna L. Dallapiccola, Brigitte Khan Majlis and George Michell with John M. Fritz
PublisherNiyogi Books Illustrated
SynopsisHidden away in the remote village of Lepakshi in the Rayalaseema region of Andhra Pradesh, merely a couple of hours drive from Bengaluru, is one of the most spectacular Vijayanagara temples. Unlike so many other religious monuments of the period that have suffered disfiguring additions, or have lost their original carvings and ceiling paintings, that at Lepakshi dedicated to Virabhadra, a fierce emanation of Shiva, is miraculously intact. Its architecture, sculptures and paintings showcase the finest artistic achievements in southern India during the first half of the sixteenth century.
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Binding: HardCover
About the author
Anna L. Dallapiccola, formerly professor of Indian Art at the South Asia Institute of Heidelberg University, Germany, is Honorary Professor at Edinburgh University. She is currently involved with a research project of the art traditions of the Vijayanagara successor states of southern India. Her Indian Paintings: The Lesser Known Traditions and Reverse Glass Painting in India were both published by Niyogi Books (2011 and 2017). Brigitte Khan Majlis is a specialist in Indian and Indonesian textiles. She is former curator of the Textile Department at the Rautenstrauch- Joest Museum – Cultures of the World in Cologne, Germany. George Michell trained as an architect in Melbourne. Later he obtained a doctorate in Indian Archaeology at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. Together with John M. Fritz, he has co-directed a comprehensive survey of Hampi Vijayanagara. He has already published Temple Architecture and Art of the Early Chalukyas with Niyogi Books (2014). Surendra Kumar studied information technology in Bangalore and now works as a photographer. He focuses on panoramic topographic views. Kumar’s photographs were published in George Michell’s Temple Architecture and Art of the Early Chalukyas.
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