Buddhist art in India : translated from the 'Handbuch' of Albert Grünwedel (1901)
Grünwedel, Albert, 1856-1935 · London : B. Quaritch · leaf 187
I 176 POSITIONS OF THE LIMBS. the hands. All that is necessary has already been said on the aureole (p. 86). … 124. BUDDHA FIGURES ATTENDED BY BODHISATTVAS. From a modern Japanese picture representing Amitäbha’s Paradise. Original in Berlin Museum. The change of position in the limbs gives to art the opportunity of characterising the action it desires to give to the figure. As to the feet, as the…
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