The Religious Element in Indian Art.

Both in the villages and in the towns, the religious life of the Hindus, as organised by the code of Manu, finds expression. Every thought, word, deed, of the Hindus belongs to the world of the unseen as well as of the seen, and nothing shows this more strikingly than the traditionary arts of India. The materials of which different articles are fashioned, their weight, and the colours in which they are painted, are fixed by religious rule. See The Industrial Arts of India, South Kensington Handbook, which should be read by those who desire to understand Indian Art.