South Indian Portraits: In Stone And Metal

The author reveals that this book is the product of extensive study and research on art. By dint of his four years research from 1921 to 1925; he brought forth his toils and studies in this concise book. The portraiture is an art which the Hindu did not cultivate, and had even an aversion to, has been the conviction of some competent authorities on Indian art, but, like many other generalisations about Indian culture, that conviction is based on an imperfect acquisitions with facts and an impressions formed when very little was known of Indian things. Portraitsculptures have been discovered in almost every part of India, and we can now point to specimens? representative of the work of almost every period in the history of Indian sculpture. No pains have been spared to make this book as distinct as may be from the India Society?s publication in respect of both the letterpress and the illustrations, and he trusts that each would serve as a complement to the other. This book was first published in 1927.