Reber, Franz, Clarke, Joseph Thacher, d. 1920, tr · New York : Harper & Brothers · leaf 187
est, to be outstretched in a lazy and ineffectualmanner. Nevertheless a certain beauty cannot be denied to Indian art,—even as the Hindoos themselves are to be reckoned as the mostcomely among the Asiatic races, being pleasing of countenance,with tall and graceful figures and delicately formed… … Fig. 83.—Relief from the Tope of Sanchi smooth and soft flesh, which hides the structure of bones, sinews,and muscles. Hence the larger the dimensions of the sculpturesthe more inadequate does the treatment appear: for while the mereoutline may be sufficient for a pleasing effect in works of…
Art, Medieval
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