Indian Sculpture and Painting, Illustrated by Typical Masterpieces, with an Explanation of their Motives and Ideals c9.17
Indian Sculpture and Painting, Illustrated by Typical Masterpieces, with an Explanation of their Motives and Ideals c9.17
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c9.17
The plan and detailed description of the building are given in Dr. Leeman's great work on Bôrôbudûr, and in Fergusson's "History of Indian Architecture," but the chief glory of Bôrôbudûr, the five sculptured galleries, or pilgrims' procession paths, surrounding the different stories of the shrine, have never been adequately described or illustrated; Dr. Leeman's lithographed drawings, like most of the illustrations relating to Indian archæology, being quite useless for artistic purposes.