Philobiblon

Over on My London Your London I’ve a review of the Chola bronzes exhibition at the Royal Academy which I saw this afternoon – absolutely spectacular. I’d say you have to see it if you can. (It continues until Feb. 25.)

And of course it was the image of the female saint, Karaikkal Ammaiyar – not dissimilar in some respects to the memento mori images in Europe of roughly the same time that I found most fascinating, although for sheer artistic perfection you can’t beat the “dancing” Shivas.