A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c7.6

c7.6

So much explanation may be enough to indicate the principles on which the discrimination between Fine Art and the Industrial Arts has been attempted. In carrying out those principles I have sought for the best examples, calling expert opinion to the aid of my personal preference so far as possible. It only remains to add that no book of reasonable dimensions could include along with Fine Art all those industries which Goethe called the 'half-arts'. Readers specially interested in the charming art industries of India will find ample information on the subject in the works of Sir George Birdwood, Sir George Watt, and many other authors. But the task of writing a history and criticism of Indian Fine Art is now undertaken for the first time.