[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [Indian Sculpture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.kramrisch-1933) › c8.145 # Indian Sculpture c8.145 Indian Sculpture c8.145 - **Language:** English ### [c8.145](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.kramrisch-1933.c8.145) The whole panel, with the suggested tree device on top, is modelled throughout with breadth. The more striking, however, is the decisive linear accent, four times repeated, and of a concave stiffness, of the legs, with knees stretched. Such a treatment is distinct from contemporary sculpture in other parts of the country, where, even if limbs are shown stretched (Figs. 59, 62), the knee is always indicated as a joint which ensures pliability. An inorganic treatment, like that of the legs of the Nāgarī figures, appears as a foreign element in classical Indian sculpture. - [Previous: c8.144](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.kramrisch-1933.c8.144) - [Next: c8.146](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.kramrisch-1933.c8.146) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.kramrisch-1933.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.kramrisch-1933.c8.145](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.kramrisch-1933.c8.145) · Pramāṇa