[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) › c7.71 # Indian Sculpture and Painting, Illustrated by Typical Masterpieces, with an Explanation of their Motives and Ideals c7.71 Indian Sculpture and Painting, Illustrated by Typical Masterpieces, with an Explanation of their Motives and Ideals c7.71 - **Language:** English ### [c7.71](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c7.71) It is remarkable that even Buddha himself, who renounced the ascetic life and whose philosophy was essentially human and full of the love of nature, always was regarded by Indian people as the Great Yogi. The Eastern ideal never was supplanted by the Western, even when Greek influence was strongest. Frequently in Indian art a Hellenistic detail, mythological idea, and technical characteristic can be identified. But the influence of Hellenism in India was transient and superficial, affecting more the technique than the ideals of Indian art. It was speedily absorbed and moulded to the character of Eastern artistic genius, just as foreign influences have always been assimilated by the national art of European countries. - [Previous: c7.70](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c7.70) - [Next: c7.72](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c7.72) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c7.71](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c7.71) · Pramāṇa