HINDU ART
cial modes and paraphernalia of foreign art.
With this elementary preparation the Occidental connoisseur should be able to say about Hindu sculptures and paintings what Max Weber writes about all antiques in his essay on "Tradition and Now": "Whether we have changed or not, I believe, in spite of all the manifestos to the contrary, in whatever tongue they be written or spoken, that the antiques will live as long as the sun shines, as long as there is mother and child, as long as there are seasons and climes, as long as there is life and death, sorrow and joy." (Essays on Art.)
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