A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c7.3

c7.3

The admission may be freely made that no absolute line of demarcation can be drawn between Fine Art and the Industrial Arts in any country, and further, that in India such distinction as really exists tends to be obscured more often than in other lands. Nevertheless, in the greater part of this book I have not experienced much practical difficulty in drawing the line. The guiding idea in my mind has been to discriminate between work showing creative power in a greater or lesser degree and that which is merely the outcome of skilled hereditary craftsmanship; or more briefly, to distinguish the productions of the artist from those of the artisan.