[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.s6.7 # A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c19.s6.7 A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c19.s6.7 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s6.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c19.s6.7) 'elaborately ornamented with glazed tile panels and string courses and battlements. The only colours used are dark blue, azure, and white; but these are contrasted with the deep red of the finely polished bricks, and the result is both effective and pleasing. These mosaics are not, like those of later days, mere plain surfaces, but the patterns are raised from half an inch to two inches above the background. This mode of construction must have been very troublesome, but its increased effect is undeniable, as it unites all the beauty of variety of colour with the light and shade of a raised pattern.' - [Previous: c19.s6.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c19.s6.6) - [Next: c19.s6.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c19.s6.8) - [Up: c19.s6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c19.s6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c19.s6.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c19.s6.7) · Pramāṇa