A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c13.16

c13.16

The selection of mediaeval sculptures reproduced in this long chapter will, it is hoped, be adequate to enable every reader to form his own judgement concerning the merits of the compositions as works of art. Their merits as aids to Hindu or Buddhist devotion are quite another matter. The subject is treated in nine sections, and within each section the examples are given in the order of time. The bronzes and brasses of Southern India and Ceylon being numerous and important are discussed apart from the stone sculptures. The section on Java is necessarily very brief, but could not be omitted with propriety.