A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c14.s2.25

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It will be seen that a parallel to the technique of the Ajaṇṭā paintings is scarcely to be found in the Italian frescoes. But it is evident from specimens of the Egyptian work in the British Museum that loam or clay mixed with chopped straw formed the substratum over which, as at Ajaṇṭā, a layer of fine plaster was laid to receive the final painting.