[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) › c7.197 # Indian Sculpture and Painting, Illustrated by Typical Masterpieces, with an Explanation of their Motives and Ideals c7.197 Indian Sculpture and Painting, Illustrated by Typical Masterpieces, with an Explanation of their Motives and Ideals c7.197 - **Language:** English ### [c7.197](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c7.197) The old Hebraic tradition, like the Hellenic, declared that God made man in His own image; but the Hindu conception of the Cause of all things was of something much more vast and unapproachable—a vision too tremendous for human eyes to see. In one of the most striking passages of the "Bhagavad-Gîtâ," Krishna reveals to Arjuna the nature of his Divinity. It has been finely rendered into English by Sister Nivedita thus¹: - [Previous: c7.196](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c7.196) - [Next: c7.198](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c7.198) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c7) ## Cites (1) - [Bhagavadgītā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c7.197](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c7.197) · Pramāṇa