Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c77.63
Vāstu-śāstra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c77.63
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The art of painting not only draws its inspiration from nature but is dependent on it for its materials. The naked backgrounds, bare surfaces of walls, the rough boards and the like, unless decorated, plastered and painted, can neither arouse our sensibility for appreciation, nor enkindle our aestheticity for any sentimental outbursts.