Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c76.91

v2.c76.91

Abhilaṣitārtha-Cintāmaṇi’s unique prescription of the metal-casting images has already been expounded, vide Iconoplastic art Pt. II. Its expatiations on the technique and convention of the pictorial art especially the perfect delineations of the form—the divine and human both—in all its limbs and sub-limbs as well as the anatomical perspective of the whole picture in relation to the different kinds of pictures and the explanations of the various technical terms are some of the very valuable contributions of the work. It is worthy of note that the author, the King Somesvara Bhūlokamalla of the western Cālukya line of Kalyāṇī who came to the throne in 1124-25, proudly describes himself as Citravidyā-viriñci, the creator or master of the art of drawing and painting.