[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [Indian Sculpture and Painting, Illustrated by Typical Masterpieces, with an Explanation of their Motives and Ideals](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908) › c6.2 # Indian Sculpture and Painting, Illustrated by Typical Masterpieces, with an Explanation of their Motives and Ideals c6.2 Indian Sculpture and Painting, Illustrated by Typical Masterpieces, with an Explanation of their Motives and Ideals c6.2 - **Language:** English ### [c6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c6.2) Scope of this section—The existing examples of pictorial art in India—The antiquity of Indian painting—References to picture-painting in Indian literature—The Ajanta cave-paintings and Western influence—The paintings of Sîgiri, in Ceylon—The survival of the traditions of Indian painting in Tibet and China—The symbolism of colour in Indian art—Two painted banners from Tibet—Modern religious painting in India . . . . . . . . 153–179 - [Previous: c6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c6.1) - [Next: c6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c6.3) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c6) ## Linked texts (2) - [Sigiriya](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.sigiriya) - [Ajanta](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.ajanta) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c6.2) · Pramāṇa