[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911) › c15.25 # A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c15.25 A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c15.25 - **Language:** English ### [c15.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c15.25) The historian's classification, it should be observed, applies alike to three distinct forms of art, namely, painting, stone sculpture, and bronze-casting. The only exception is that Bitpālo, as painter and sculptor, was reckoned the head of the 'Later Middle Country' (Magadhan) school, but as a bronze founder was held to belong to the 'Eastern' (Bengal) school of his father, Dhīmān. - [Previous: c15.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c15.24) - [Next: c15.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c15.26) - [Up: c15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c15) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c15.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c15.25) · Pramāṇa