Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c74.s2.205

Vāstu-śāstra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c74.s2.205

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v2.c74.s2.205

Further again the imagination and the imitation are the foremost factors in any symbolic representation. They are more so in the fine arts. Viṣṇudharmottars’s accounts regarding the origin of painting (cf. Part III Ch. 2, verses 1-9) from the science of dancing also corroborate this truth that observation, imitation and imagination are essential in any symbolic expression, be it painting or dancing.

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Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa — Sanskrit