The New Encyclopædia BritannicaEncyclopædia Britannica, 1983 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 6
Page 174
... vase , or the vase - and - foliage ( ghața - pallava ) , capital that became the basic north Indian order . It is the second type of temple that points the way to future developments . It also has a square sanctum , or cella , but ...
... vase , or the vase - and - foliage ( ghața - pallava ) , capital that became the basic north Indian order . It is the second type of temple that points the way to future developments . It also has a square sanctum , or cella , but ...
Page 240
... vase , round frame , hourglass , cone , cup , barrel , or a tube . Aero- phones present an array of vertical and transverse ( hori- zontally played ) flutes , panpipes , ring flutes , shawms , clarinets , gourd trumpets , conch shells ...
... vase , round frame , hourglass , cone , cup , barrel , or a tube . Aero- phones present an array of vertical and transverse ( hori- zontally played ) flutes , panpipes , ring flutes , shawms , clarinets , gourd trumpets , conch shells ...
Page 560
... vase in the Hermitage , Leningrad . In the Doric mimes and Old Comedies , the upper class characters wore stage chitons and cloaks and the lower classes and slaves wore short tunics , revealing pendant phalli . These character tunics ...
... vase in the Hermitage , Leningrad . In the Doric mimes and Old Comedies , the upper class characters wore stage chitons and cloaks and the lower classes and slaves wore short tunics , revealing pendant phalli . These character tunics ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
19th century acoustic African agricultural America Angola animals architecture Asian Bolivia Brazil British Buddha Buddhist Burma Burmese Cambodia Cape carved central centre Chinese classical coast Colombia colonial court culture dance drama early east eastern economic European example figures forest frequency groups hertz Hindu images important India Indonesia industrial influence instruments Javanese Khmer king kingdom labour land language literature major ment metres mountain movement Mughal Muslim nāga northern organization painting Pāli pattern percent performance period Peru plays poets political population Portuguese produced rāga Rāmāyaṇa range recording region religious republics river Sanskrit sculpture shrines social sonata sonata form sound waves South Africa South Indian Southeast Asia southern sovereignty Soviet śrutis structure stupa style Tamil temple territory Thailand theatre tion tones trade tradition tribes ture urban Urdu velocity vibrations Vietnam village wayang West Western yakṣa