[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [Indian Sculpture and Painting, Illustrated by Typical Masterpieces, with an Explanation of their Motives and Ideals](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908) › c10.134 # Indian Sculpture and Painting, Illustrated by Typical Masterpieces, with an Explanation of their Motives and Ideals c10.134 Indian Sculpture and Painting, Illustrated by Typical Masterpieces, with an Explanation of their Motives and Ideals c10.134 - **Language:** English ### [c10.134](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c10.134) We can see in the best Ajanta paintings, especially in those of the caves numbered 16 and 17, the same intense love of nature and spiritual devotion as are evident in the sculptures of Bôrôbudûr. I must content myself with reproducing from Mr. Griffiths' work the very precious fragment of "The Mother and Child before Buddha" from Cave 17, which is quite on a level with the best art of Bôrôbudûr and in its exquisite - [Previous: c10.133](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c10.133) - [Next: c10.136](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c10.136) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c10) ## Linked texts (1) - [Ajanta](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.ajanta) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c10.134](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c10.134) · Pramāṇa