Indian Sculpture c11.s2: Subjects
Indian Sculpture c11.s2
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ABORIGINAL, 3, 36, 40, 43, 100, 103, 121, 127 Accentless composition, 71, 97; distribution and dynamic coherence, 132, 133, 137, 186 Anatomy, 10, 46, 59; and vital currents, 55 Animal in Indus valley art, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11 psychological aspect of, 110 supremacy of, in ancient and mediæval art, 110 component in transcendental experience, 122 vitality and innervation, 59 Animalism, vegetative, 147 Anthropomorphic representation, 39, 47, 48 Appearance, part of reality, 5, 19, 135, 136 Architecture and sculpture, 79, 81, 86, 98, 113, 114, 120, 217; atmosphere part of, 114 Art-province, 193, 220 Articulation, plastic and non-tectonic, 196 Atmospheric reservoir, 84
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BALANCE, 76, 133, 135, 137 Bhakti, 94, 120 Body and dynamism, 72 and salvation, 50 embodiment of life movement, 56 garment and ornaments, 41, 45, 60, 119, 132, 184, 193, 198 in a cosmic sense, 88 of temple and figures, 190 space, 49, 84, 85, 89 transubstantiated, 65, 74, 75 Breathing, 65
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CANON of proportions, etc., 57 ff., 94, 101 Cave temple and garbha-gṛha, 95 Chronology, XI, 7, 8, 12, 37, 53, 76, 89, 123, 128, 129, 137, 138, 193, 198, 201, 217 Collective method of work, 23 Conglomerating treatment, 154, 155 Consciousness, levels of, XI, 75; universal, and form, 89 Co-ordination of relief figures, 23 Craftsman, 19, 20, 61, 64, 94, 129, 133, 134 and passim Curve, concave, 187, 188 continuous, 190 and passim parabolic, 52, 81, 164, 167 undulating, 149 and passim
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DANCE and composition, 183 Decoration, a by-product, 17, 118; see Devices Devices, functional, of inter-relation, 18–22, 40, 48, 149, 150; decorative, 114 Dimension, dynamic, 71; inner of Indian plastic art, 137, 138; of depth, 20, 49; of inner life-movement, 56 Dynamic factor, 32, 71, 72, 77, 98, 121, 133, 134
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ETHNICAL amalgam, 220; factors, 7, 15, 16, 35, 37, 60, 88, 99, 103, 104, 107, 121, 123, 127–29, 139; stratification, 219
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FLUID quality, 17, 34, 37, 43, 59, 131-33 Flying, 66, 67, 87 Foreshortening and oversecting, 22, 40, 48, 149, 164 Form and material, 181, 215; and motif, 203; and mythical imagination, 163; and spiritual realisation, 214; and the un-formed, 31, 33, 82; 191, 196; character of, 8, 12, 37, 53, 75, 89, 123; the un-formed and the formless, 138, 139
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GEOGRAPHY, 8, 12, 24, 37, 53, 68, 75, 89, 99, 105, 123, 128, 206; and ethnical problems, XI, 73, 88 Ground of relief, 21, 28, 30, 66, 81, 98, 113, 152 Group, 30, 32, 52, 65, 97
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HALO, 6, 162, 170; prabhā-maṇḍala, 170; śiraścakra, 170 Horizontals and verticals, non-tectonic, 32, 213 Human figure, 4, 43; and ethnical types, 33, 44; and movement, 51; and nature, 48, 52, 156; and pattern, 27; and surroundings, 40; and vegetative rhythm, 54 and passim; animal and vegetation, 8; concretion of energy, 83, 87; form of the movement of life, 55; made superhuman, 7; prevalence of, 58
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ICONOGRAPHY, 38, 39, 45, 72, 98, 100, 104 Image, 38, 41, 52, 61, 64, 93-96, 119, 120; and yantra, 93-95; worship, 39 Inflexion, 53 ff., 93, 137 In-look, 63, 101, 102 Inner meaning, 8, 12, 37, 53, 76, 89, 123 Innervation, 5, 41, 59, 87, 137, 143
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LEVITATION, 66, 67
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Light and darkness, 30, 84, 88, 101, 113, 114, 152, 158, 162, 178, 198 tempered, 95 Line and modelling, 122, 130 highest plastic accent, 146 intellectual function of, 130 Linear abstractions, 117, 119, 197; northern element, 103, 107, 108, 148 Liṅgam, 35, 70, 159, 170, 175, 176 Locality and narration, 18, 19, 206 and transcendentalism, 53 manner of indicating, 48
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MANY-LIMBED divinity, 6, 8, 58 Mass, 32, 72, 157, 169, 177, 180 Material and creative attitude, 30, 98, 121, 130, 134, 139, 152, 157, 181 metal, 111, 119-121, 193, 199 stone, 17, 35, 193 terra-cotta, 11, 18, 73, 130, 157, 205, 215 Mediæval factor, 103, 104, 120, 192, 217 Modelling, 3, 5, 50, 115, 130, 143, 156, 157, 161, 162, 169, 177 Motif, 37, 45, 65, 74; abstract and vegetative, 73, 97, 108; anthropo- and theriomorphous, 97; anthropomorphous and vegetative, 96 Movement and form, 136 and linear composition, 50 centrifugal, 6, 156 of inner life, 56 of plants, 54 physical, 41, 46, 48 transcending, 52
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NATURE and movement of inner life, 101 and the supernatural, 8, 136 integrated within human figure, 52, 65 oneness with, 52, 73 Naturalism, 4, 9, 45, 50, 83, 109, 114, 115, 143, 145, 147; aboriginal, 100; an unavoidable condition, 4; and innervation, 8, 15, 136; and plastic modelling, 53; and transubstantiation, 56, 136; brought about by consciousness of artist as a part of nature, XI, 129, 130, 135–137; in relation to the physical, 42 Navel, 155
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OUTLINE, 83, 120, 130, 161, 169, 212; and movement, 50, 51; and volume, 34; correlative of modelled surface, 17, 18, 130; task of, 130
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PATTERN, 74, 117, 189, 197, 219; and Buddha figure, 177 Physiognomy, 10, 18, 29, 35, 43, 49, 62, 63, 80, 86, 107, 109, 115, 120, 123, 169, 185, 187, 189, 193, 199, 214, 218 Plant-style, 26; and human figure, 55 Plastic, 16, 17, 42, 43, 75, 83, 100, 129, 130, 137, 176, 181, 206, 207; and subject-matter, 134; conception and physiognomy, 193; consistency, 155; continuity, 131; imagination, 115, 116, 160; its a priori possibility, 131; mass, 32; rhythm, 59; sense, 118, 120; tendency and linear element, 122, 185, 211; transformation, 59, 64; urge, 17, 130; vitality, 36, 37 Portrait, 42, 81, 97, 134 Prabhāmaṇḍala, 146; and liṅgam, 170 Proportion, 36, 40 Psychology, 10, 23, 88, 110, 116, 122
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RATIONALISATION, 19, 32, 58, 93, 95 Reflective attitude, 101, 102, 122 Reiteration, 33, 37, 97 Relief, graded, 131, 177 and passim Rhythm 16, 27–29, 31, 36, 37, 46, 55, 59, 65 Rock sculpture, 17, 60, 69, 78, 79, 81, 82, 87, 127, 160, 162, 181 Ruler, attitude towards art, 108
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SEEING, XI, 135, 136, 139 Śilpa śāstra, X, 96, 98, 120, 213 Śiraścakra, see halo Size relative, according to importance, 20, 40, 62, 132, 150 Soil, 128, 129 Space, not void, 22, 139 Static condition, 133, 151, 153 Subject matter, X; specified, and composition, 29, 47, 72, 98, 134, 149, 152, 198 Surface and volume, 154, 169, 199 Symbol versus form, 24–26, 47, 48, 57, 62, 94, 95, 213
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TECHNICAL treatment and form, 215 and motif, 216 Time, IX, 18, 19; dual meaning, 138, 139; elimination of, 18, 19 Touch, X, XI, 48, 135, 139 Transcendent animality, 122 composition, 51–53 possibilities, visualisation of, 58, 83, 85 Transubstantiation, 53, 54 ff., 75, 93, 101, 137, 138
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URGE of the rock, 82 of the stone, 30 and passim of the un-formed, 31, 70, 71, 74, 81, 128 Uṣṇīṣa, 6, 45, 169, 203
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VĀHANA, 24, 25, 57, 75, 213 Vegetative and animal vitality, 110 devices, 54, 58, 74, 155, 156, 208 and *passim* principle, 26–29, 47, 54–56, 59 rhythm, 5, 16, 37, 74, and *passim* Volume, 41, 60, 120, 146; and garment, 41, 144, 154, 155, 170; dynamic, 32, 49 and *passim* YOGA, 3, 4, 63, 73, 176, 203