Indian Sculpture and Painting, Illustrated by Typical Masterpieces, with an Explanation of their Motives and Ideals c12.154
Indian Sculpture and Painting, Illustrated by Typical Masterpieces, with an Explanation of their Motives and Ideals c12.154
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c12.154
The next great wave of religious feeling brought with it a puritanical movement in art. The followers of Muhammad, and perhaps those of Sankaracharya, as a protest against degraded idolatry and superstitious mummery, banished the fine arts from their places of worship; con- [Figure: PORTRAITS OF ANGLO-INDIANS OF THE GEORGIAN PERIOD (*From drawings by a native artist in the Calcutta Art Gallery*)]