[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) › c19.s5.3 # A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c19.s5.3 A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c19.s5.3 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c19.s5.3) The bold floral mosaics made of marble or red sandstone which appear on the south gateway of Akbar's tomb (1605–12) are nearly equivalent in effect to \*pietra dura\* work, but are not identical with it.¹ The Mughal kings evidently loved flowers, which are admirably treated in all forms of art patronized by them. - [Previous: c19.s5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c19.s5.2) - [Next: c19.s5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c19.s5.4) - [Up: c19.s5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c19.s5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c19.s5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c19.s5.3) · Pramāṇa