A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c11.s3.28
A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c11.s3.28
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c11.s3.28
ally the effect of the Amarāvatī marbles was heightened by colour, and in holding that technically they should be regarded as 'painted rilievos' rather than as true sculpture. But whether they were painted or not, they must have formed, when perfect, one of the most splendid exhibitions of artistic skill known in the history of the world.