Indian Sculpture and Painting, Illustrated by Typical Masterpieces, with an Explanation of their Motives and Ideals c7.308

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Deprived on the one hand of the intellectual stimulus which gave it life, and, on the other, of the physical stimulus of state patronage, promoting a natural and healthy activity, it is not surprising that Indian sculpture of the present day has sunk to a stereotyped repetition of conventional forms, in which the highest poetic qualities of a "fine" art are seldom to be found.