QA213 - Temples in Ellora, near Aurangbad in the province of Maharashtra (India)
Fig. 213 (p. 274) - The monolithic cave temples in Ellora, near Aurangbad in the province of Maharashtra (India), are probably the only comparable type of religious architecture in carved rock. A total of thirty-four temples, belonging to three different faiths (Buddhist, Hindu and Jain) which each their own iconography, are carved here out of the rock between 350 and 700 AD.
BIDDER, Irmgard (1958). Lalibela. Monolithkirchen in Äthiopien. Verlag M. DuMont Schauberg, Köln.
‘The only known examples of Lalibela-type of religious building’ has to be understood in terms of size. The cave churches of Cappadocia (Turkey) have a similar genetic history. They are cut in the soft volcanic rocks (tuffs) of the Göreme Valley. Many cave churches and monastic residences have fresco paintings with religious motives and graffiti, made by monks and laymen. The highlights of artistic expression was from the beginning of the tenth century through the first three quarters of the eleventh century. The Battle of Manzikert in 1071 caused a transition of power from the Christian, Greek-speaking Byzantines to the Moslem Turks. The cross-in-square plan (like the Kiliçlar Kilise) was influenced by the Bodrum Camii in Istanbul’.
See: WHARTON, Annabel J. (1988). Art of Empire. Painting and Architecture of the Byzantine Periphery. A Comparative Study of Four Provinces. The Pennsylvania State University Press, University Park and London. ISBN 0-271-00495-9
The village of Aubeterre-sur-Dronne (Charente, France) has a small monolithic church (Saint Jean), dating from the twelfth century.
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QA213 - Temples in Ellora, near Aurangbad in the province of Maharashtra (India)
Fig. 213 (p. 274) - The monolithic cave temples in Ellora, near Aurangbad in the province of Maharashtra (India), are probably the only comparable type of religious architecture in carved rock. A total of thirty-four temples, belonging to three different faiths (Buddhist, Hindu and Jain) which each their own iconography, are carved here out of the rock between 350 and 700 AD.
BIDDER, Irmgard (1958). Lalibela. Monolithkirchen in Äthiopien. Verlag M. DuMont Schauberg, Köln.
‘The only known examples of Lalibela-type of religious building’ has to be understood in terms of size. The cave churches of Cappadocia (Turkey) have a similar genetic history. They are cut in the soft volcanic rocks (tuffs) of the Göreme Valley. Many cave churches and monastic residences have fresco paintings with religious motives and graffiti, made by monks and laymen. The highlights of artistic expression was from the beginning of the tenth century through the first three quarters of the eleventh century. The Battle of Manzikert in 1071 caused a transition of power from the Christian, Greek-speaking Byzantines to the Moslem Turks. The cross-in-square plan (like the Kiliçlar Kilise) was influenced by the Bodrum Camii in Istanbul’.
See: WHARTON, Annabel J. (1988). Art of Empire. Painting and Architecture of the Byzantine Periphery. A Comparative Study of Four Provinces. The Pennsylvania State University Press, University Park and London. ISBN 0-271-00495-9
The village of Aubeterre-sur-Dronne (Charente, France) has a small monolithic church (Saint Jean), dating from the twelfth century.
quadralectics.wordpress.com/3-contemplation/3-3-churches-...