Indian Sculpture and Painting, Illustrated by Typical Masterpieces, with an Explanation of their Motives and Ideals c12.85

c12.85

It is an open question whether the introduction into Mogul painting of landscapes with effects of chiaroscuro came from the study of European pictures imported into India, or whether it was due to Chinese influence. Anderson says that the Chinese, as landscape painters, anticipated their European brethren by over a score of generations, and created transcripts of scenery that for breadth, atmosphere, and picturesque beauty can scarcely be surpassed. The connection of Chinese art with Indian, even in the Mogul times, was infinitely closer than the European, though we are accustomed to attribute any development of a naturalistic tendency which we discover in Mogul art to European influence.