The Ancient and Medieval Architecture of India: A Study of Indo-Aryan Civilisation c17.42
The Ancient and Medieval Architecture of India: A Study of Indo-Aryan Civilisation c17.42
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c17.42
the mind of an Indian painter. The noble head of Prince Siddhartha finds an exact parallel in another wonderful masterpiece of Indian art, the Vishnu Aspect or central head of the Trimûrti¹ at Elephanta (Pl. LVI). The tiaras (*mukutas*) in both are identical in design, and the head, both in the fresco painting and the sculpture, evidently belong to the same traditional type, though the more youthful Christ-like face of Prince Siddhartha fitly expresses the distinction between the two conceptions.