Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c76.129
Vāstu-śāstra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c76.129
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“Paintings in ancient India, especially in the Gupta Age, was of great importance in the life of the citizen. The interest taken in pictures varied with the education of the spectator. “The masters praise the rekhās (delineation and articulation of form), the connoisseurs praise the display of light and shade (Vartanā), women like the display of ornaments, to the rest of the public, richness of colour appeals”.—Introduction to Viṣṇudharmottara—Stella Kramrisch.