Ajanta: The Colour and Monochrome Reproductions of the Ajanta Frescoes Based on Photography v2.c8.s4.7

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The figure with curled locks behind Indra is an excellent example of modelling, which some critics have failed to notice in the paintings of Ajanta. The dark-brown washes along the chin, neck, and shoulders of this figure make it look round and detached from the background. The treatment of the hair of this figure, as well as of the green chaurī-bearer, shows fine brush-work. The features of the green figure are outlined in dull red in the original fresco, but they look somewhat indistinct in the reproduction.