A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c14.s2.100
A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c14.s2.100
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Mr. Fergusson was of opinion that while the art of Ajaṇṭā resembled that of China in flatness and want of shadow, he had never seen 'anything in China approaching its perfection'. Forty years ago so little was known in England about Chinese art that this sentiment might pass muster, but Fergusson's dictum could not now be accepted in the light of fuller knowledge. It is interesting to set against it the deliberate judgement of Mr. Laurence Binyon, a learned connoisseur in the art of the Far East.