Maurya and Shunga Art c16.25

c16.25

Figs. 15, 16, 18 & 20 belong to trend No. 2 of Barhut. No linear rhythm enlivens these figures; features isolated, compact and conglomeroted are flattened in terms of surface, and give them and appearance of static and mechanical rigidity. In direct contrast to the flat treatment of the chest and abdomen of the male figures is the compact roundity of the breast volume of fig. 18 which illustrates the conflict between the flatness of the surface and the third dimensional extensiveness, C. 150. B. C. Photo : Bachhofer.