Coomaraswamy's Introduction to Indian Art is an ocean condensed into a luminous pearl. A basic work, it traverses the historic panorama of Indian art, from its Indo-Sumerian and Vedic-Mound beginnings to the various peaks reached during the Maurya, Sunga, Andhra, Kusana and Gupta periods and beyond the seas to further India and Indonesia. It is a handbook of immense value both to the beginner and scholar alike.
Contents:
Introduction 1. Indo-sumerian 2. Dravidians and Aryans 3. The Saisunaga-Nanda Period (642-320 B.C.) 4. Vedic origins 5. Pre-Mauryan sculpture 6. The great enlightenment 7. Early Buddhist art-Maurya, Sunga and early Andhra 8. Development of devotional theism 9. Kusana and later Andhra period 10. The Gupta period 11. Early mediaeval period 12. Mediaeval sculpture (A.D. 850-1200) 13. Southern India (Tenth to eighteenth century) 14. Further India and Indonesia 15. Mediaeval Buddhist painting 16. Jaina painting 17. Rajput painting 18. Understanding Indian art Supplementary bibliography Notes on illustrations Index
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