Portal:Visual arts/Did you know/Archive/3

11 August 2007

 * ...that Ananthabhadram, a film by Indian director Santhosh Sivan, was inspired by classical Kathakali dancing and paintings of Raja Ravi Varma?
 * ...that the Royal Fort (pictured) in Bristol was built with façades in Baroque, Palladian and Rococo styles because it was a compromise between the designs of three different architects?
 * ...that Lil' Pimp was the first feature-length film to be created entirely with Macromedia Flash animation?
 * ...that the world's tallest statue of Hindu God Lord Shiva (pictured) is located in Murudeshwara, a coastal town in Karnataka, India?
 * ...that Henri Le Secq was a founding member of the short-lived, first ever photographic organization Société héliographique?