Temples of India. Amazing stone carving

What's wrong with the proportions of ancient Greek temples?

The ability of the human brain to change the visual perception of objects, to distort their color, shape, size, image and line was known to the ancient architects, who learned to filigreely violate the proportions of elements, deflect them from vertical or horizontal, bend contours and shapes so that a person could see perfect picture

TOP-8 Surviving ancient temples built in the rocks

Even at the dawn of mankind, ancient people used caves not only as a shelter from bad weather and predatory animals. Despite the fact that stone is a very durable material, our ancestors were able to create unique temples, fortresses and entire cities

Fantastic stone patterns of Warangal fort. India

Warangal is a city in the Indian state of Telangana. The place is known for many architectural monuments of the 12-14 centuries. Here are the remains of the Warangal fortress. Yes, there are enough stone ruins here. But as always, interesting facts from this place lie in the details of the skillfully worked rocks

White stone carving of the Vedic temples of Russia

White stone carving in Russia and in particular in the Vladimir region, including the Assumption and Dmitrievsky cathedrals, the Church of the Intercession on the Nerl. Thanks to the preserved unique carving, we can recall the true culture and history of Vedic Russia, which we have known since childhood

White stone carving on the temple in Yuryev-Polsky

St. George's Cathedral is a white-stone cathedral located on the territory of an ancient detinets in the city of Yuryev-Polsky, Vladimir region. Built in 1230-1234 by Prince Svyatoslav Vsevolodovich