[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) › c7.219 # Indian Sculpture and Painting, Illustrated by Typical Masterpieces, with an Explanation of their Motives and Ideals c7.219 Indian Sculpture and Painting, Illustrated by Typical Masterpieces, with an Explanation of their Motives and Ideals c7.219 - **Language:** English ### [c7.219](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c7.219) In the cave-temples of Elephanta, Ellora, and Ajanta Indian sculptors played with chiaroscuro in great masses of living rock with the same feeling as the Gothic cathedral builders, or as \[Figure: THE TRIMÛRTI - [Previous: c7.218](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c7.218) - [Next: c7.221](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c7.221) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c7) ## Cites (2) - [Elephanta](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.elephanta) - [Ajanta](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.ajanta) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c7.219](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c7.219) · Pramāṇa