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Regarding the style of the figures, Harish Johari
writes the following :
The style of the figures is a mixture of three existing
forms of Indian artwork that can be found in the painted or sculptured
art forms in temples throughout India.
The faces - specifically the eyes, nose, and lips
- and the hands and feet are drawn in the style of the paintings
located in the Ajanta caves. They represent a two-thousand-year-old
fresco style of artwork.
The proportions used in the figures are like those
of the sculptures in the Elephanta caves near Bombay. These proportions
were chosen because they are so beautiful and delicate, unlike the
proportions found in the Ajanta cave paintings, which are very heavy
and result in dwarflike figures. The sculptures in the Elephanta
caves represent a style that is thousands of years older than the
familiar Rajasthan style of artwork that is generally recognized
as Indian art.
The postures and movements are inspired by the ancient
sculptures of the Ellora caves and the Khajoraho temple because
of the grace, preciseness, and expressiveness that these sculptures
exemplify.
Another important feature of the artwork is the rich
use of hand postures. There are not more than ten hand postures
that are generally drawn by artists throughout the world. Indian
art, however, uses as many as sixty-four hand postures, reflecting
the sixty-four hand postures used in Indian dance rituals and worship.
These hand postures, or mudras, have their own symbolism and language
and are used as a way to express emotions. The richness that is
found in the hand postures of Indian art is a gift to the entire
world. The artwork uses these hand postures as a language of the
heart as opposed to the language of the head.
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