Indian Sculpture and Painting, Illustrated by Typical Masterpieces, with an Explanation of their Motives and Ideals c9.41

c9.41

The artist has not here attempted to make a set composition, with the sole object of pleasing the eye; nor has he tried to indicate any supernatural quality in the Prince’s strength. He has just followed the instinct of his genius and shown us the incident as it might have occurred in the real Court life of his time. The simplicity and unconventionality with which the tale is told gives it its charm, and the student of the present day who reads these panels can feel the strength of the artist’s power, just as the myriads of devout pilgrims who reverently paced the procession paths of Bôrôbudûr must have felt it in the centuries that are gone.