[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) › c7.s1 # A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c7.s1: Bibliographical Note A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c7.s1 - **Language:** English ### Bibliographical Note ### [c7.s1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c7.s1.1) 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. --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c7.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c7.s1) · Pramāṇa