Indian Sculpture and Painting, Illustrated by Typical Masterpieces, with an Explanation of their Motives and Ideals c9.47

c9.47

Note how finely the artist has shown the difference in the feelings of the spirits of the air, who have shaken off the grosser attachments of the earth, and those of the human beings still chained to the desires and passions of this life. Man is all humility, prostrating himself on bended knees, nor daring to lift his head in the presence of such divine purity. The spirits are only filled with free and careless joy. They hasten on all sides bringing the symbols of His divinity and the offerings due to the Blessed One.