Indian Sculpture and Painting, Illustrated by Typical Masterpieces, with an Explanation of their Motives and Ideals c7.94

c7.94

European artists with no knowledge of Indian philosophy have always erroneously supposed that this type of figure represented the nearest approach to the human form which Indian sculptors were capable of producing; and, since it falls far short of what Western art can show in mere imitative skill, they have treated Indian sculpture with contempt, as belonging to an inferior order of artistic expression.