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amses Queens which fill spaces beside thelower legs. On the other hand, the Kama-kura Daibutsu, the Jain colossus, and theMetzner colossi lose in scale and in relation-ship to man due to the lack of such transition elements. * * * In the model for the Pylon of Peace, thefigures at the base were… … Sculpture by Warren Cheney tate a re-organization of the figures whichact as the transition element. In determiningthe proportions of the large figure, my objec-tive was to create the effect of a superhumanBeing, a nameless, non-sectarian kind of GreatSpirit. In studying other colossi, I felt…
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