[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) › c16.s9.2 # A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c16.s9.2 A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c16.s9.2 - **Language:** English ### [c16.s9.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c16.s9.2) ¹ \*A. S. Rep.\*, vol. xi, p. 42. See also in same volume, pp. 21, 35, 44, 52, 53; and vol. xii, pp. 47–50. M. Migeon considers terra-cotta to be the primitive mode of expression of the sculptor’s art: ‘objets exécutés en bronze, qui, pour être ainsi réalisés, ont dû être précédés d’ébauches en terre cuite, premières expressions de la pensée du sculpteur’ (\*Manuel d’Art Musulman\*, t. II, p. 61). - [Previous: c16.s9.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c16.s9.1) - [Next: c16.s9.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c16.s9.3) - [Up: c16.s9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c16.s9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c16.s9.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c16.s9.2) · Pramāṇa