A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c20.s3.6

c20.s3.6

Certain examples of Indo-Persian art, not by any means the best, such as Plate CXVI, *ante*, have been so much affected by the study of European models that they may be judged fairly as being more or less successful imitations of Italian or French pictures; but the really first-class work, which was little if at all influenced by Renaissance teaching, must be criticized as Asiatic not as European art; and, if it is to be compared with the work of other schools, the comparison should be made with those of Asia, not of Europe.