A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c3.1

c3.1

The purpose of this book is to give for the first time a chronological, descriptive History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon from the third century b. c. to the present day, with criticism of the aesthetic merits of the works described. The art history is treated throughout in close connexion with political and religious revolutions. In criticism the judgements of experts have been utilized as far as possible. Necessary limitations of space forbid elaborate explanations of the mythological or historical significance of individual works.