A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c13.s6.59
A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c13.s6.59
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The standing image of Siva (No. 12), striking an attitude in another of his dances (*sandhyanirtta*), is gracefully posed, and well modelled, save for the excessive thickness of the arms. The monstrosity of the additional arms is a blot on an otherwise effective work (Fig. 189). No special pleading can justify those arms from the aesthetic point of view.