[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [Mediaeval Sinhalese Art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908) › c19.44 # Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c19.44 Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c19.44 - **Language:** English ### [c19.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c19.44) If, for example, the spiritual conflict of Buddha with the powers of evil had been depicted by some great artist, in the shape of a strong man whose face was torn by conflicting emotions, a wonderful picture might have resulted; but it would not have been peaceful, impersonal, ideal. Such a rendering of ‘expression’ in the face would be quite foreign to the aesthetic and philosophic conceptions of Indian art, which is not at all concerned Idealism - [Previous: c19.43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c19.43) - [Next: c19.45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c19.45) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c19.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c19.44) · Pramāṇa