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_nVijayan Kannampilly
041 _aEnglish
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100 _aAnanda K Coomaraswamy
245 _aINTRODUCTION TO INDIAN ART
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260 _aNew Delhi
_bMunshiram Manoharlal
_c1969
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500 _aCoomaraswamy's Introduction to Indian Art 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." "This present reprint, appearing after more than half a century, has been ably edited by Mrs. Coomaraswamy and incorporates new material earmarked for the book by Coomaraswamy himself.
505 _a1. 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.
650 _aArt- Indic
650 _aArt Ancient History
700 _aMrs. Ananda K Coomaraswamy (Ed.)
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