[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) › c7.65 # Indian Sculpture and Painting, Illustrated by Typical Masterpieces, with an Explanation of their Motives and Ideals c7.65 Indian Sculpture and Painting, Illustrated by Typical Masterpieces, with an Explanation of their Motives and Ideals c7.65 - **Language:** English ### [c7.65](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c7.65) The Greeks, and the artists of the Renaissance who followed in their footsteps, attempted to arrive at the highest type of beauty by a selection of what appeared to them to be the most admirable in various types of humanity, and in natural forms and appearances. Physical beauty was to the Greeks a divine characteristic; the perfect human animal received divine honours from them, both before and after death. - [Previous: c7.64](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c7.64) - [Next: c7.66](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c7.66) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c7.65](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c7.65) · Pramāṇa