[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911) › c20.s3.6 # A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c20.s3.6 A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c20.s3.6 - **Language:** English ### [c20.s3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.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. - [Previous: c20.s3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c20.s3.5) - [Next: c20.s3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c20.s3.7) - [Up: c20.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c20.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c20.s3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c20.s3.6) · Pramāṇa