[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) › c7.248 # Indian Sculpture and Painting, Illustrated by Typical Masterpieces, with an Explanation of their Motives and Ideals c7.248 Indian Sculpture and Painting, Illustrated by Typical Masterpieces, with an Explanation of their Motives and Ideals c7.248 - **Language:** English ### [c7.248](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c7.248) No books or illustrations can give the haunting mystery of the Gothic cathedrals, or tell the subtle influence of the interior of St. Mark’s at Venice. That only can be realised by seeing them with a mind and disposition for appreciation. Ruskin has truly said: “The arts, as regards teachableness, differ from the sciences in this, that their power is founded not merely on facts which can be communicated, but on dispositions which require to be created.” I can only hope, in the illustrations I have selected, to explain the motives and ideals, and to analyse the principles on which the master-works of Indian fine art were based, leaving the rest to those who have the disposition and the opportunities for learning. - [Previous: c7.247](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c7.247) - [Next: c7.249](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c7.249) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c7.248](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c7.248) · Pramāṇa