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    Cola Fresco 9Th - 13Th Centuries A.D

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    The Cola dynasty ruled from the 9th to 13th centuries AD in southern India. [1] They patronized temple building and the arts, as seen by the well-preserved paintings at the Brihadisvara Temple in Tanjavur dating to this period. [2] Contemporary literature describes paintings in temples and palaces, though many from the early Cola capital have not survived. [3] The paintings found provide insights into Cola art from the 10th-13th centuries, forming an important link between earlier Pallava and later Vijayanagar styles.

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    The Cola dynasty ruled from the 9th to 13th centuries AD in southern India. [1] They patronized temple building and the arts, as seen by the well-preserved paintings at the Brihadisvara Temple in Tanjavur dating to this period. [2] Contemporary literature describes paintings in temples and palaces, though many from the early Cola capital have not survived. [3] The paintings found provide insights into Cola art from the 10th-13th centuries, forming an important link between earlier Pallava and later Vijayanagar styles.

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    The Cola dynasty ruled from the 9th to 13th centuries AD in southern India. [1] They patronized temple building and the arts, as seen by the well-preserved paintings at the Brihadisvara Temple in Tanjavur dating to this period. [2] Contemporary literature describes paintings in temples and palaces, though many from the early Cola capital have not survived. [3] The paintings found provide insights into Cola art from the 10th-13th centuries, forming an important link between earlier Pallava and later Vijayanagar styles.

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    Cola Fresco 9Th - 13Th Centuries A.D

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    The Cola dynasty ruled from the 9th to 13th centuries AD in southern India. [1] They patronized temple building and the arts, as seen by the well-preserved paintings at the Brihadisvara Temple in Tanjavur dating to this period. [2] Contemporary literature describes paintings in temples and palaces, though many from the early Cola capital have not survived. [3] The paintings found provide insights into Cola art from the 10th-13th centuries, forming an important link between earlier Pallava and later Vijayanagar styles.

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    COLA FRESCO 9th – 13th

    CENTURIES A.D.
    • The Colas came to power in the 9th century when Vijayalaya
    established himself in the area near Tanjavur. Adithya and
    Parantaka, the son and grandson of Vijayalaya, were responsible
    for the great temple building activity.

    • Though there are fragments of early Cola paintings at


    Nartamalai, Malayadipatti and other places, belonging to the
    earlier phase, it is in the Brihadisvara temple at Tanjavur that
    there remains a great treasure of the art of the early cola
    painters.

    • The contemporary classics describe the glory of the paingting in


    the south, referring to Chitramandapas, Chitrasalas,
    oviyanilayams in temples and palaces.
    • Paripadal mentions paintings on temple walls in the early
    Chola capital, Kaveripumpattinam, but actual survivals from
    this period have not yet been discovered

    • Vijayalaya Cholisvaram temple, on the hill at Nartamalai,


    there are remains of paintings on the walls of the
    ardhamandapa, showing a dancing figure of Kali and
    Gandharvas on the ceiling.

    • A remarkable painting, almost approaching the classical


    portrayal of the painter’s brush at the Brihadisavara temple, is
    Bhairava, wearing a pleasing patterned bodice and mundamala
    and vastrayajnopavita, attended by hound, and standing
    gracefully, even in samabhanga pose.
    • Durga or all that is left of her figure, with karandamakuta,
    elaborate kuchabandha and weapons with the flames quite
    visible and flanking chamaras above, indicating 12th century.

    Siva as Yogadakshanamurthi,chola 1000 A.D., Tanjavur.


    • The Jaina paintings at Tirumalai, come midway between Chola
    and Vijayanagar styles as they represent the last phase of Chola
    art.

    • The groups of kalpavasi devas in the Lakshmivara mandapa,


    painted on the brick walls of the outermost chamber, on the
    second floor, composing the earlier painted layer, are pleasing
    figures, this second layer is nearer the Vijayanagar manner.
    Dancers , chola 1000 A.D>< Tanjavur.
    • The fingers of the dancer with slender waist, the supple
    form, a slight tilt of the head, together with the mudras of
    the hand and the poise of the body, forming beautiful
    bhangas remind one of the familiar lines of Kalidasa in the
    Malavikagnimitra : her body is fashioned to suit the taste of
    the dancer.

    • The earlier Pallava phase and later Vijayanagar can be


    studied with the aid of chola paintings that form an
    important link in the series.

    • The discovery of paintings around the main cell, in the dark


    passage in the Brihadisvara temple at Tanjavaur, by S.K.
    Govindaswami in 1930, revealed a regular picture gallery
    of early Chola paintings.
    Chola warriors, 1000 A.D., Tanjavur.
    Famous murals of Tanjavur Temple

    • Heavenly musicians and dancers.

    • Cheraman and Sundarar, on elephant and horse


    respectively.

    • Tripurantaka on a chariot.

    • Rajaraja witness Nataraja in Chidambaram.

    • Rajaraja with Karuvurar.


    Rajaraja and Karuvurar, Chola, 1000 A.D., Tanjavur

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