The Buddhist Art of Gandhara: The Story of the Early School, its Birth, Growth and Decline c16.12
The Buddhist Art of Gandhāra: The Story of the Early School, its Birth, Growth and Decline c16.12
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c16.12
Looking at the carefully regimented and highly stylized figures of this and the two following pieces, one cannot but admire their suave and elegant beauty and the exquisite delicacy of the carving. But one misses the freshness and originality of the older work: the power to give life and dramatic cohesion to a scene apart from its merely mechanical structure. The charm of these sculptures might fitly be compared with that of ornamental flower-beds which require much skill and good taste on the part of the gardener, but no very high degree of creative talent.