Ajanta: The Colour and Monochrome Reproductions of the Ajanta Frescoes Based on Photography v1.c4.24

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Yet, no doubt, one loses much from the reduction of scale. Look at another fresco, and compare Plate XXXI, which gives the whole composition, with the detail given on Plate XXXIII. This marvellous head is that of one of the two women in the lower left-hand corner of the design: but in the larger plate the identity is almost obscured. This example indicates how much we must allow for the reduction. In this head we can appreciate the masterly brushwork of the painter, its largeness, vivacity, and freedom.