"" .. Each divine sport is a continuous occurrence of several events. The imagery depicted in the art form is a particular moment chosen by the maker to yield the desired benediction that the art historian must remember while identifying an image. Tripura-vijaya is the best example to illustrate this point. I would prefer to call them as Tripura vijaya and rather than Tripurantaka where the emphasis is on the destructive side... ""
" .. the Karuna of Siva is sublime in the Bronzes .. "
THUS THRIPURA VIJAYA !!
Excellent line of thinking ..
Icnography is not absolute.. it furnishes guidelines..
The Maker and the time (of the bronze and that of the maker too ? !) he choses - marks enormous differences.
Vijay - thank you so much for sharing.
" Here the language of stone surpasses the language of man " and VICE -VERSA TOO !!