Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Art and Culture

Assertion: Amaravati reliefs create a more complex impression of movement and three-dimensional pictorial space than the Sanchi compositions described in the chapter. Which observations support the Assertion?

  1. Figures appear in frontal, profile, back and intermediate postures.
  2. Pronounced volume, angular bodies and complex overlapping are employed.
  3. Slender tribhanga figures and flexible lines break the static quality of form.
  1. 1 only
  2. 1 and 2 only
  3. 1, 2 and 3
  4. 2 and 3 only
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