Indian Sculpture and Painting, Illustrated by Typical Masterpieces, with an Explanation of their Motives and Ideals c12.157

c12.157

I think my illustrations will show that when the Indian artist finds himself on the same plane of thought he is just as capable as the European of drawing the human figure correctly, and of making true transcripts from Nature. The Mogul school, though naturalistically inclined, has this in common with the idealistic art of the Buddhist and Brahmanical epochs, that it always kept in view the highest aim of the artist—to penetrate the soul of things, and to bring us into closer relation with Nature's eternal verities.