Indian Sculpture and Painting, Illustrated by Typical Masterpieces, with an Explanation of their Motives and Ideals c7.140

c7.140

national feeling, is over them all. They show a feeble trace of classic elegance, and a suggestion of the polished refinement of Hellenism, which seems, however, strangely incongruous with the simple life of Indian religious devotees. But there is little of that spiritual grace which is only found in the inspired art of ardent worshippers, who only can create the ideal of a living art and of a living faith.