Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c77.192

v2.c77.192

The expressionism of colours visualises a temperamental attitude and is concerned with the wide range of emotions, which in their turn give rise to what are called Rasa-citras, the pictures of emotions. Śrī Kumāra (cf. Śilparatna vs. 145-7) considers these rasa-citras as group by themselves. They are distinct from the realistic paintings which are resembling what is actually seen in nature and look like a reflex in a mirror.