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Page 192
... relief can be distinguished . In the first , the artist builds on the achievements of early relief sculpture as seen on the Great Stupa of Sāñcī . The forms are still comparatively heavy , the figures increasingly soft and fleshy , the ...
... relief can be distinguished . In the first , the artist builds on the achievements of early relief sculpture as seen on the Great Stupa of Sāñcī . The forms are still comparatively heavy , the figures increasingly soft and fleshy , the ...
Page 261
... relief . The mold- ings on the roofs of the shrines and the decoration of the roofs of many of the subsidiary buildings are extremely elaborate . There are long panels of dense foliate orna- ment , and the niches in which the sculptured ...
... relief . The mold- ings on the roofs of the shrines and the decoration of the roofs of many of the subsidiary buildings are extremely elaborate . There are long panels of dense foliate orna- ment , and the niches in which the sculptured ...
Page 262
... relief sculpture , however , is Holle Bildarchiv , Baden - Baden Bas - relief of a battle scene , Angkor Wat , Angkor , Cambodia , early 12th century . magnificent and full of vitality . The open colonnaded gallery on the first story ...
... relief sculpture , however , is Holle Bildarchiv , Baden - Baden Bas - relief of a battle scene , Angkor Wat , Angkor , Cambodia , early 12th century . magnificent and full of vitality . The open colonnaded gallery on the first story ...
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