Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c77.131
Vāstu-śāstra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c77.131
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v2.c77.131
Further again "Light and shade or rather Chiaroscuro as it is technically called in the artists world, is a factor to which considerable attention has been paid by our ancients. This is an outcome of the desire to faithfully represent the volume or the third dimension on a plain surface like the board or the convas. This was done either with a single colour, i. e. monochrome or with different colours as we have it given in the Abhilaṣitārtha-Cintāmaṇi and Śivatatvaratnākara: