You see, in these frescoes there is no suggestion of the rawness of the world. There are no signs of pain or despair in the faces of the figures. Instead, the images project a world transfigured in the image of Buddhist values to which the artist wholly subscribes, but which he did not discover for himself. Arati Desai is at present a freelance art writer, having completed her masters in Art Criticism from the Faculty of Fine Arts, Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda, India, in 1993. Arati is available as freelance art writer for editing or research jobs.
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