Introduction to Indian Art/Ananda K.
Coomaraswamy. Reprint. Reprinted from Second Revised Edition 1969. New Delhi, Munshiram Manoharlal Pub., 2008, xiv, 104 p., 44 black and white figs.,
ISBN
81-215-0389-1.
Introduction to Indian Art/Ananda K.
Coomaraswamy. Reprint. Reprinted from Second Revised Edition 1969. New Delhi, Munshiram Manoharlal Pub., 2008, xiv, 104 p., 44 black and white figs.,
ISBN
81-215-0389-1.
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.
"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." (jacket)