Immaculate Marble Sculptures with polished looks
have intrigued generations of people with their
refined beauty, sophistry and elegance. Timeless
masterpieces of art the sculptures in marble
stones radiate an air of aristocracy and luxury.
Wonderful statues, idols, decorative pieces are
sculpted from metamorphosed lime stones that are
popularly known as marbles.
Just as Rajasthan is known for the fine quality
of its paintings, there is no escaping the
overwhelming presence of its great body of
sculpture. One of the most profuse forms of
decorative art in Rajasthan, particularly in the
medieval period, it was lavished on palaces and
forts, in temples and stepwells, and even in the
havelis or townhouses of the merchants and
traders.
For all that, the tools at the command of the
mason or sculptor were basic and crude, and
included the tanki or punch, the pahri or chisel,
the hatora or hammer, and the barma or borer.
Using these simple elements, and following the
texts designed especially for his use (Shilpa-shastra
and Manasara), the mason was able to achieve the
perfect jharokha or arch or pillar. Not
surprisingly, the texts are exhaustive on detail.
A
pedestal, for example, is expected to
have 24 parts; the height, width and dia of every shaft,
arch or building detail is strictly enjoined. But
within these formal limitations, the individual
expression of creativity is permitted.
There are two ways to examine the issue of the
sculptor’s art as an architectural embellishment,
and as standalone work. It is important to
remember that stand alone art had little use in
Rajasthan, and figures were carved either for
enshrining in temples, or sculpture was part of
the great design of architecture.
Religious icons are almost always carved from
marble and the Makrana marble mines, close to
Jaipur, have supplied the marble for these for
centuries together. Even today, for most shrines
in India, images continue to be carved in Jaipur
where religious iconography has developed into a
fine art.
But Jaipur is merely a centre for creating marble
images. For sheer detail, there is nothing to
beat the excessive marble sculpturing developed
by the Jains at their temples. Most Jain temples
have large statues their tirthankaras enshrined
in the sanctum. However, in the temples of
Dilwara and Ranakpur, these have found a fluid
expression that remains without a parallel in
India.
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