[The Temples of southern India]

Freer, Charles Lang · 1900 · [Madras? : Nicholas & Co.?] · 14 pictures

A photographic album of Hindu temples in southern India, apparently compiled around 1900 under the name Charles Lang Freer, probably printed in Madras for a European or colonial audience interested in architecture. The pictures are black-and-white photographs of temple halls, carved pillars, and sculpted gateways, some shot at odd angles; a designer might take their dense ornamental stone carving, rhythmic colonnades, and dramatic tonal contrast as reference for pattern and texture.

Hindu temples · Hindu temples -- India, South -- Pictorial works

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