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EXTREMELY INTERESTING
In investigating the origin of styles we have
been led to discover a fact which we were very far from expecting, which
nothing could make us guess, and which renders the stydy of Dravidian an
extremely interesting. That is that there has never been foreign influence.
PROFESSOR DR. JOUVEAU-DUBREUIL
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RAMESWARAM TEMPLE
Rameswaram Temple - We naturally expected to be
interested in seeing a temple whh such age old historial associations,
but our interest in reality far exceeded our expectations.
CE JONES, ICS
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Tire Greatness Of Tamil Architecture
The Pallava period (600-850) is that of sculptured
rocks the early chola period(850- 1100) that of grand Vimanas, the late
chola period (1100-I350), that of the most beautiful Gopuras, the Vijayanagar
period (1350-1600) that of mandapas (pillard halls) and the modern period
after 1600 that of corridors.
PROFESSOR DR. JOUVEAU-DUBREUIL
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ARCHITECTURE
'The houses of the poor classes were built of
mud and thatched with grass or with the leaves of the coconut or palmyra
palm, and their walls were painted with red earth. Most of the houses in
the towns were built of brick and had tiled roofs; the walls were plastered
with lime, and small windows shaped like the eye of the deer admitted light
and air into the inner compartments....... Furniture of various descriiptions
was in use....Sorne of the great fortresses, their walls, ramparts and
towers were constructed with rough-hewn stone and mortar".
V. KANAGASABAI
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INDIGENOUS ORIGIN
Dravidian Architure is of indigenous origin and
has advanced by a course of evolution;that the structural development is
little if anything at all, while the development has all along been one
of ornamentation.
PROFESSOR DR. JOUVEAU-DUBREUIL
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ART OF SCULPTURE
"Among the industrial arts that found patronage
in the Tamil Kingdoms and obtained distinct individually was the art of
Sculpture, Though Sculpture seems to have flourished in India some centuries
before Christ, it had been in the hands of a select few who under took
works from king. During the tirhe ofour early Tamil saints, it was chiefly
in the hands ofthe Samanas and Buddhists During the tenth century A.D,
Scu[pture became less costly and different classes of sculptors arose who
undertook works in various depart tneflts of their an for moderate charges.
It was found field side by side with Architecture and the building of various
temples was Un denaken by wealthy citizens or from subscriptions collected
from the people. In architecture the Pandyan was different from the Chola.In
the one we find the richness of beauty par-excellence and in the other,
strength combined with moral tone..... There are some hints in Thevaram
that Cholas encouraged ship-building.
ENT
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DEFINITE STYLE
In South India very epoch has been marked by a
definite style, which is explained by the style of the preceding epoch
and which serves to explain the style of the following epoch.
PROFESSOR DR. JOUVEAU-DUBREUIL
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