Indian Sculpture and Painting, Illustrated by Typical Masterpieces, with an Explanation of their Motives and Ideals
Buddhist, Brahmanical and Javanese sculpture; Ajanta, Mughal and Rajput painting; iconographic canons (śilpa-śāstra) explained through specific masterpieces.
- Language
- English
- Author
- E. B. Havell
- Extent
- 1,165 passages, 69,096 words
- Text
- complete digital text
- Source
- archive.org · London: John Murray 1908; scan on archive.org, OCR Gemini 3.8 Flash; chapters and sections by Gemini 3.8 Flash · Public domain in India: every author died before 1966 (E. B. Havell †1934); published before 1931: public…
Contents
- c1 Front matter — 9 parts
- c2 Indian Sculpture and Painting — 13 parts
- c3 Preface — 8 parts
- c4 Contents — 11 parts
- c5 Chapter IV — 13 parts
- c6 Chapter I — 12 parts
- c7 Illustrations — 278 parts
- c8 Chapter V. The Human Ideal and the Sculptures of Bharhut, Sanchi, and Amarâvati — 71 parts
- c9 Chapter VI. Bôrôbudûr, the Parthenon of Asia — 69 parts
- c10 Chapter VII. Hindu Art in Java and Kambodia—Portraiture — 193 parts
- c11 Chapter II. Mogul Secular Art — 102 parts
- c12 Chapter III. Indian Miniature Painting — 224 parts
- c13 Appendix. The Indian Process of Fresco Buono — 12 parts
- c14 Index — 123 parts