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about--all seem to be hushed with an ecstatic rapture which pervades the very air.
In the grouping of trees (Fig. 4) each tree is a separate unit, complete in itself and detached from the rest, though all are arranged in a row to form a shady retreat.
The treatment of rocks is original. It is different from the conventional manner current at the time of representing them with pieces of stone-slabs heaped together. Perhaps the artist might have received his inspiration from an earlier source, but really speaking there is hardly any example of this style extant to justify us in arriving at any conclusion at all with a fair degree of certainty. The delineation of clouds in the same picture is also very effective. And the whole thing, both the rocks and the clouds give considerable emphasis to the lonely and desolate aspect of the scenery.
The grouping of human figures is often merely conventional as in Fig. 1 but sometimes great skill is displayed as in the upper section of Fig. 3 where the dimensional relationship existing between and sharply separating the three groups of figures from each other according to their position in space, is presented.
As a study of contemporary life, manners and customs and of dresses, ornaments and other necessaries of life, these miniatures are valuable indeed for they are abundantly rich in such materials. I have here indicated only in the barest outline some of the features of the work of this remarkable artist and if this at all helps to stimulate the interest of my readers, the purpose of this article will be fully served.
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