Jain Miniature Paintings from Western India c10.s1.17

c10.s1.17

Coming to the wall-paintings of the Kailāsanāth Temple (8th century), and Ganesa Lena (8th to 11th century), and Indra Sabhā (10th century), constituting the Jain Group of temples,³³ we find that the three-quarter view of Ajaṇṭā paintings has been modified. The pinching of the farther cheek has been carried a step further, with the result that it practically disappears, only the part near the nose being shown. In majority of cases the farther eye does not protrude into space, but there are occasions ³⁴ (Fig. 6) when the convention appears clearly. This convention at Ellura may be described thus: The representation of one side of the face is in profile, while the convention of the three-quarter view is maintained on the other side in the representation of the farther forehead, including the eye-brow and a part of the chin.