 There are many that hate painting ; but such men I dislike. It appears to me as if a painter had quite peculiar means of recognizing God ; for a painter in sketching anything that has life, and in devising its limbs, one after the other, must come to...  The Indian Craftsman - Page 24by Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy - 1909 - 130 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston - Art - 1926 - 524 pages
...special reference to the orthodox Musalman prejudice against the representation of living things) : " There are many that hate painting, but such men I...painter had quite peculiar means of recognizing God, for a painter, in sketching anything that has life, and in devising the limbs one after another, must come... | |
 | Ernest Henry Short - Christian art and symbolism - 1925 - 628 pages
...of the perfume-seller." An orthodox Moslem disliked painting, but Akbar said : " There are many who hate painting, but such men I dislike. It appears to me as if a painter has quite peculiar means of recognising God. For a painter in sketching anything that has life, and... | |
 | Annemarie Schimmel - Islam - 1980 - 316 pages
...of painting; but their eyes now see the truth. One day at a private party, His Majesty... remarked: "There are many that hate painting; but such men I...painter had quite peculiar means of recognizing God; for a painter in sketching anything that has life, and in devising its limbs, one after the other, must... | |
 | R. Nath - Architecture - 1982 - 672 pages
...conferred on several the pleasure of drawing near him, remarked: There are many that hate (miniature) painting; but such men I dislike. It appears. to me...painter had quite peculiar means of recognizing God; for a painter in sketching anything that has life, and in devising its limbs, one after the other, must... | |
 | Francois Bernier - History - 1996 - 570 pages
...Majesty [the Emperor Akbar], who had conferred on several the pleasure of drawing near him, remarked, "There are many that hate painting ; but such men...to me as if a painter had quite peculiar means of recognising God ; for a painter in sketching anything that has life, and in devising ils limbs, one... | |
 | Gulru Necipogulu, David J. Roxburgh - History - 2000 - 222 pages
...statements about Mughal art is Akbar's defense of painting recorded by his biographer, Abu'l Fazl: There are many that hate painting; but such men I dislike. It appears to me as if the painter had quite peculiar means of recognizing God; for a painter in sketching anything that has... | |
 | Annemarie Schimmel - Art - 2004 - 368 pages
...n,27as were manuals to teach the finer points of calligraphy, which have yet to be put to use. PAINTING There are many that hate painting; but such men I...to me, as if a painter had quite peculiar means of recognising God, for a painter in sketching anything that has life, and in devising the limbs one after... | |
 | E.S. Holden - History - 2004 - 372 pages
...contained mural paintings of his battles in Hindustan. " There are many that hate painting," says Akbar, "but such men I dislike. It appears to me as if a...painter had quite peculiar means of recognizing God. For a painter in sketching anything that has life, and in devising its limbs, one after the other, must... | |
 | Anjan Chakraverty - Art - 2005 - 156 pages
...against the poison of ignorance.' Once in a private gathering of elites he expressed rather emphatically: There are many that hate painting; but such men I...a painter had quite peculiar means of recognizing God;for a painter in sketching anything that has life, and in devising its limbs, one after the other,... | |
 | Art - 1924 - 586 pages
...work which had been done, in order to award prizes to the most deserving. He is reported to have said: "There are many that hate painting, but such men I dislike. It appears to me as if a painter has quite peculiar means of recognizing God, for a painter, in sketching anything that has life, and... | |
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