Faure, Elie, 1873-1937, Pach, Walter, 1883-1958 · New York and London : Harper & brothers · leaf 71
44 MEDIAEVAL ART The Khmer sculptor gives a form to all those thingswhich, as a rule, strike our inner sensibility onlythrough what we hear, what we taste, and what wefeel. His carving tells of the murmurs, the gleams, andthe odors of the forest, the cadenced sound of marching … Khmer Art. The rowers, bas-relief. {Palace of Angkor-Vat.) troops, low tones of birds that coo their love song, thehoarse, dull rattle in the throats of wild beasts as theyroam through the jungles, and the invisible fluid thatcirculates in the nerves of the women who dance whenthe music drones and…
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