Indian Sculpture c9.42

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32. This plastic quality necessitated careful researches into the modes of how to make the surface appear rounded. Shading, in this sense, i.e. to give relief to the painted figures, is discussed in the *Viṣṇudharmottara* (Kramrisch, 2nd ed., p. 59); and Coomaraswamy, ‘An Early Passage on Indian Painting,’ *Eastern Art*, Vol. III, p. 219, note 8. *Re* the plastic quality of Indian painting, sculpture and architecture, cf. Kramrisch, *Grundzuege der indischen Kunst*, p. 63; and Coomaraswamy, ‘Ābhāsa,’ *Journal of the American Oriental Society*, Vol. 52, p. 210.