Indian Sculpture and Painting, Illustrated by Typical Masterpieces, with an Explanation of their Motives and Ideals c7.98

c7.98

Nothing is more firmly rooted in the mind of the educated Englishman than the idea that civilisation was a peculiar product of Greece; that the Greeks established æsthetic models for all times and all people, and that those who depart from them must be classed forthwith as decadents and degenerates. Because Indian sculptors and painters, after coming into contact with debased Græco-Roman art, deliberately formed their ideals upon a different art-philosophy, their work is treated by most Europeans as indicating a corrupt and depraved taste which places them beyond the pale of criticism.