[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) › c7.61 # A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c7.61 A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c7.61 - **Language:** English ### [c7.61](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c7.61) Hence Hindu sacred buildings (and only sacred edifices have survived from ancient times) are all temples, and the decorative art of those temples concerns itself with the gods, not at all with men. The human sympathy evoked by the veneration offered to a great human teacher is wanting, and the art expressive of the worshipper's devotion loses all touch with the facts of this mortal life. - [Previous: c7.60](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c7.60) - [Next: c7.62](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c7.62) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c7.61](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c7.61) · Pramāṇa