A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c13.s5.t1.5

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The series begins with the statuary and reliefs executed during the seventh century under the patronage of the Pallava dynasty of Kānchī (Conjeeveram). The next important group of works consists of the Chola sculpture of the eleventh century. From that we pass on to the ornate styles patronized by the Hoysala and Chalukya kings of the Deccan, chiefly in the twelfth century. Our attention will then be claimed by the sumptuous, semi-barbaric art of the Vijayanagar dynasty in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries; which is succeeded by the lavish, but too often tasteless, decoration of the huge temples erected in the Tamil countries during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries; and, in conclusion, a few words will be devoted to the clever modern eclectic sculpture executed to the command of the Mahārāja of Mysore. The bronzes and brasses are of sufficient importance to justify their discussion in a short separate section.