Indian Sculpture and Painting, Illustrated by Typical Masterpieces, with an Explanation of their Motives and Ideals c12.113

c12.113

Even under the depressing influences of the nineteenth century, Indian art could create things of beauty recalling the strength and spiritual fervour of its former days, and in Northern India there are still painters following the old traditions who, but for the prevailing ignorance of art and the generally vitiated taste of the "educated" classes in India, would be honoured as artists of distinction were under Hindu and Mogul rule.