A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c7.9

c7.9

The vigour of Sir George Birdwood's language makes it almost superfluous to quote other more or less equivalent expressions of opinion by recognized authorities. But, desiring to face squarely the issue thus raised and to put the case against Indian art with absolute frankness, I cite two more authors. Dr. Anderson, who was for years in charge of the extensive Calcutta collections, came to the conclusion concerning sculpture that 'the artists of India have never risen in this section of art beyond the most feeble mediocrity'.² Professor Westmacott, author of the well-known *Handbook of Sculpture*, disposes of the subject by the observations that—