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... sculpture . His precise modelling , however , and acute percep- tion of character place him among history's greatest portraitists . He began sculpturing at the age of nine and underwent the long train- ing prescribed by the Académie ...
... sculpture . His precise modelling , however , and acute percep- tion of character place him among history's greatest portraitists . He began sculpturing at the age of nine and underwent the long train- ing prescribed by the Académie ...
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... sculpture represents a progressive movement away from the swelling modelled forms of the Gupta period toward increasing flatness and linearity , ending ultimately in to- tally conventional and lifeless sculpture . The stages of this ...
... sculpture represents a progressive movement away from the swelling modelled forms of the Gupta period toward increasing flatness and linearity , ending ultimately in to- tally conventional and lifeless sculpture . The stages of this ...
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... sculpture simulating architecture . Scenes from Hindu mythology are illustrated in a number of reliefs remarkable for their dramatic composition , the artist having made the fullest use of the space and providing con- trast of light and ...
... sculpture simulating architecture . Scenes from Hindu mythology are illustrated in a number of reliefs remarkable for their dramatic composition , the artist having made the fullest use of the space and providing con- trast of light and ...
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