The Art of India Through the Ages: Traditions of Indian Sculpture Painting and Architecture: With 180 Illustrations in Colour and Monochrome

The Art of India Through the Ages: Traditions of Indian Sculpture Painting and Architecture: With 180 Illustrations in Colour and Monochrome

The visual arts of India have been underappreciated for centuries, despite the fact that Europeans were the first to discover and study their poetry and philosophy in India over a century ago. While ‘Sakuntala’ and ‘The Sermons of Buddha’ were regarded as literary masterpieces on par with those of Sophocles and Plato, the Indian arts were viewed as a visual supplement to the study of religion or anthropology in a faraway land, one that was enigmatic, sensual, and exotic.

The finding that Indian art has a suitable position in the history of art had still to be made. This book is the first of its kind in the field, therefore there is no need to worry about hyperbole.
As a result of researchers’ inability to demonstrate that Indian sculpture and building had the same artistic worth as Greek sculpture and mediaeval churches, this is what has occurred
The book’s 180 images serve as a visual tour of Hindu and Buddhist art in India.
Many of these pictures, many of which have never been seen before, were taken over the course of extended travels and years of intensive investigation This collection includes intricate temple structures, gracefully swaying bronze statues, magnificent rock-hewn representations of gods and monsters, murals, artistic reliefs, massive statues and busts, etc. It is likely that students will find the comprehensive images of buildings and sculptures (some of which were taken in extremely challenging conditions) as well as the eight colour reproductions of paintings, which augment the monochrome, photogravures, particularly valuable.

About the Author

Former University of Calcutta professor STELLA KRAMRISCH is presently Professor and Curator of Indian Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.. Her most notable works, such as the two volumes on the Hindu Temple, have long been recognised by professionals. The book’s clear text and carefully chosen drawings, drawn from a large collection, provide the greatest introduction to one of art history’s most ignored periods.