Ajanta: The Colour and Monochrome Reproductions of the Ajanta Frescoes Based on Photography v2.c8.s27.4

v2.c8.s27.4

One of these designs (Plate XLVII *a*) represents a pair of geese (?)², the natural beauty of whose forms have been enhanced, in the imagination of the painter, by the addition of ornamental wings and tails. The fancy of the artist is equally discernible in the choice of colours. He has illuminated the general dark brown of the birds' feathers by the silver-white of his fine brushwork along the outline of the figure. A jet-black background adds further to the beauty of the colour scheme, while it also shows the design almost in relief.