South Indian Bronzes: A Historical Survey of South Indian Sculpture with Iconographical Notes Based on Original Sources c8.15

c8.15

The value of these canons of proportions in the development or otherwise of the art of sculpture is of some consideration. It has been stated that the rules laid down in the *Silpa Sastras* have for ever limited the scope or originality of the genius of the artist. To repeat the same forms in strict accordance to the *dhyana mantras* in measures and proportions immutably fixed could hardly afford any latitude in the artistic expression of the sculptor.