Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c5.15
Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c5.15
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c5.15
VALUE OF MIND—Herein lies the supreme value of art, viz. that it is a bridge between the worlds of mind and of matter. Art may be defined as the expression of an idea in visual form in a beautiful manner. Art is mind made manifest in matter. It is this quality which makes art so human and so intimate to the soul of man. As music through the ear, so visual arts through the eye reach the inner heart and generate sublimating vibrations of a subtle nature. The true connoissuer (*Rasika*, *Sahṛidaya*, *Vichakshaṇa*) lives in the aroma of art and sips deep of its ambrosia. This faculty of the heart to register an æsthetic shock from art is called *Saṃvega*.