Indian Sculpture and Painting, Illustrated by Typical Masterpieces, with an Explanation of their Motives and Ideals c12.103

c12.103

The orthodox critic in Europe treats impressionism as a new and somewhat peculiar development in modern art, towards which he must maintain a strictly guarded, if not hostile, attitude. It is sometimes a speciality, but more often a fad. To the academic professor it is a dangerous tendency, almost a vice, which should be sternly repressed in all students. The true oriental artist regards it as the breath of life, the end of all art; he thinks that, of all artistic faculties, the one which must be trained and developed to the highest degree is the faculty of realising thought-impressions.