A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c14.s2.84
A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c14.s2.84
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Mr. Griffiths has devoted a large number of plates (Nos. 20-35 and 115-32) to Cave II, besides nine text illustrations. The individual figures are remarkable for clever drawing, the artist having apparently gone out of his way to invent specially difficult poses. Mr. Griffiths's figure 8, a woman prostrating herself, and figure 16, snake-hooded Nāgas, or water-sprites, are good examples of such *tours de force*. The