| 470Rigby |
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| 26/01/05 01:48 PM |
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Re: W.J. Jeffery History
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Mehul
Pehaps this is now becoming "off-topic" and of absolutely no interest to other members, but
In reply to:
Many years later, the Muslims brought yellow pigment to India
perhaps this was true of South India, but as this part of a 5th Century AD Frescoe from one of the Ajanta caves in Central India shows;
The use of pigments, including yellow was not unkown before Mughal times.
These were done with very expensive pigments imported by the Budhist era painters responsible these these Frescoes, which were far in advance of anything being done Europe at the time. The blues were apparently added at a later time when lapis lazuli became avalaible.
These Frescoes had lain forgotten for 1000 years until re-discovered in 1819 by an Englishman out Tiger hunting. I have been there, but don't recall any depictions of Tigers.