A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c13.s8: Bibliographical Note
A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c13.s8
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Bibliographical Note
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The principal references are collected by Mr. Phené Spiers in chap. iv of vol. ii of Fergusson, *Hist. of Ind. and E. Archit.*, 2nd ed., 1910.
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The illustrations in Raffles' *History of Java* and Leeman's work on Boro-Būdūr are useless for purposes of art criticism. The only published plates available for such purposes are those in van Kinsbergen's atlas folio volumes entitled *Oudheden van Java* (*Antiquities of Java*), to be found in certain public libraries. Some of the sculptures have been reproduced recently by Mr. Havell, Dr. Coomaraswamy, Mr. Phené Spiers, and M. Foucher. The Oriental Art Society, Calcutta, is said to have acquired a large collection of photographs. The meaning of the *Lalita Vistara* series of reliefs is expounded by Pleyte, *Die Buddha-Legende in den Skulpturen des Tempels von Bôrô-Budur* (small 4to, Amsterdam, 1910).
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M. Foucher's recent essay cited in the notes is of special value. The Gujarāt traditions were collected by the late Mr. A. M. Jackson, I. C. S., in his article 'Java and Cambodia', forming App. IV of *Bombay Gazetteer* (1896), vol. i, Part I.
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A comprehensive critical work dealing with the spread of Indian colonies, institutions, and art in the Malay Archipelago and the neighbouring countries on the mainland is badly wanted. Nothing of the kind seems to exist in any language.