A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c7.s1.1

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Maindron, Maurice—*L'Art Indien* (8vo, 314 pp., Paris, 1898), a small, wretchedly illustrated handbook, is the only work professing to deal with Indian Art as a whole. It essays to treat of architecture and the industrial arts, as well as painting and sculpture. Le Bon, Gustave—*Les Monuments de l'Inde* (large 4to, Paris, 1893) is a splendidly illustrated work, containing acute general criticism. The novel views on the subject are voiced by Havell, E. B.—*Indian Sculpture and Painting* (large 8vo, London, Murray, 1908), a well-written polemical work of great interest, with illustrations of remarkable excellence; *Essays on Indian Art, Industry, and Education* (Madras, Natesan & Co., N. D., ? 1909), reprinted from sundry magazines; and by Coomaraswamy, Dr. A. K.—in numerous scattered essays and pamphlets, which include *The Aims of Indian Art* and *The Influence of Greek on Indian Art* (both issued from Essex House Press, 1908). The same author's valuable treatise, *Mediaeval Sinhalese Art* (4to, Essex House Press, 1908), includes some general criticism. Fergusson's works and other special treatises will be cited in subsequent chapters.