[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [Mediaeval Sinhalese Art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908) › c19.31 # Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c19.31 Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c19.31 - **Language:** English ### [c19.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c19.31) Figures are represented in full, three-quarter or side face, never as seen from behind. This fact is remarked by the mediæval poet, Toṭagomuva (see p. 10), in a verse of the Seḷa Lihiṇi Sandēśaya: “True friends, alike when adverse fortune comes or when success, like painted images upon a wall, show not their backs.” - [Previous: c19.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c19.30) - [Next: c19.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c19.32) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c19.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c19.31) · Pramāṇa