[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) › c7.61 # Indian Sculpture and Painting, Illustrated by Typical Masterpieces, with an Explanation of their Motives and Ideals c7.61 Indian Sculpture and Painting, Illustrated by Typical Masterpieces, with an Explanation of their Motives and Ideals c7.61 - **Language:** English ### [c7.61](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c7.61) BEFORE any one, be he artist or layman, attempts to draw any comparison between Indian and European art, it is necessary to have a clear understanding of the essential difference between the European and the Indian starting-points in the higher planes of artistic expression. The common philosophic basis of art in all countries assumes that art is not merely an imitation or record of facts and phenomena in Nature, but an interpretation—the effort of the human mind to grasp the inner beauty and meaning of the external facts of Nature. - [Previous: c7.60](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c7.60) - [Next: c7.62](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c7.62) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c7.61](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c7.61) · Pramāṇa