A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c13.s9.11
A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c13.s9.11
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c13.s9.11
In decorative sculpture, as distinguished from individual statuary, the Jains encouraged work of a high order of excellence and beauty, employed to adorn with the utmost possible magnificence the pillared chambers which were their favourite form of architecture. Nothing in the world can surpass for richness and delicacy of detail the marble columns and ceilings of the Mount Ābū temples (*ante*, Plates VI and VII), and it would be easy to fill a large volume with illustrations of more or less similar exquisite work in many localities.