Western Gateway (Gopuram) of the Minakshi Sundareshvara Temple, Madurai
Medium
albumenized salt print
Dimensions
image: 38 × 30.2 cm · paper: 39.5 × 31.2 cm
Classification
Photograph
Department
Photography
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Accession Number
2020.208
Tags
male
About this artwork
This photograph features part of the same temple complex seen in the panoramic collage by Masumi Hayashi CMA 2015.95. Initially established during the 1100s, it was expanded on multiple occasions over the next 500 years. The addition of a series of enclosure walls included gateways topped by towering superstructures ornamented with miniature temples and images of deities. The monochrome monumentality of Tripe’s early photographic image, purposefully devoid of human activity, gives the impression...