Indian Sculpture c7.7

c7.7

Terms that will apply to Western art ill fit, and often are meaningless, if used to denote qualities of Indian art. Two essentials of Indian sculpture, for instance, plasticity and naturalism, have to be used with a meaning unfamiliar to Western art. Other peculiarly Indian features also have to be pointed out, so that their significance may be kept in view when discussing any particular aspect or phase of Indian art. None of them can be singled out from the life-stock of these permanent and uniquely Indian conditions and values of form.