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Chinese & Indian Art

Studies in Indian Sculpture & Painting

by Douglas Barrett

24 x 17 cm 370 pp. 164 illus.
£150.00
Publication: 1989
ISBN 0 907132 50 2
Buckram Bound

Douglas Barrett was one of the leading western authorities on the arts of India. The articles brought together here are grouped into three separate sections. The first comprises six studies dealing with sculpture in North India. The following section covers painting and sculpture in the Deccan, with five papers on the Amaravati school. The final section is devoted to the sculpture of South India.

Contents

Preface
Gandhara Bronzes
Sculptures from Kashmir
Bronzes from North-West India and Western Pakistan
An Ivory Diptych
The Façade of a Miniature Shrine from Kashmir
A Terracotta Plaque of Mahisasuramardini
The Early Phase at Amaravati
Two Unpublished Sculptures from Amaravati
Two Unpublished Sculptures from the Andhradesa
Style and Iconography at Amaravati
An Early Indian Bronze Figure
An Early Indian Toy
The Later School of Amaravati and its Influence
A Group of Bronzes from the Deccan
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Painting of the Deccan
Some Unpublished Deccan Miniatures
Painting at Bijapur
An Early Bronze Lingodbhoramurti
Two Lost Early Cola Temples
A Bronze Srinivasa Group
A Group of Bronzes of the Later Cola Period
The Chidambaram Nataraja
Two Pandhya Temples
The Dancing Siva in Early South Indian Art
Additional Notes
Index