All of us know some poetry, something about religion, and a little bit even
about art. This book aims at bringing these things together. Here, poetry is
used to bring the reader, especially the young reader, close to art, and to
enable him/her to recognize some important images. In India, we have some
wonderful paintings and sculptures that contain both meaning and delight;
unfortunately, we do not often explore this world. There are also icons-images
of gods and goddesses-which we see but understand only imperfectly. This little
book enters these different but related worlds in its own way, and should make
some great works of art become