Panel decorationVirupaksha Temple, Vijayanagara This panel bears decoration in the typical 15th century Vijayanagara style, most notable in the "classical" isolation of the figures. (For a similar stylistic impulse from a completely different culture, compare the Augustan III Style of Pompeii.) The middle right panel shows a Shiva devotee putting out his eye with an arrow (closeup) as a sacrifice to the god. |