Dick, Stewart · Edinburgh, London : T. N. Foulis · leaf 112
art ofall is the openwork halo, pierced with a floraldesign, behind the head of the central figure.In its own way this group, executed about 680A.D., is one of the gems of Japanese art. Towards the end of the seventh century awave of Greek feeling, which had slowly spreadfrom India and had produced… … COLOSSAL BRONZE LMAGE OF A BODHISATWA {South Kensington Musfiiin) SCULPTURE AND CARVING to cast three large bronze figures of about twelvefeet high, but it was a failure. In 715 a.d., how-ever, Giogi, who ranks among Japans greatestsculptors, successfully cast an altarpiece for thetemple of…
Art -- Japan
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