A History of Fine Arts in India and the West

Author: Edith TomoryPublisher: Orient LongmanYear: 1995Language: EnglishPages: 532ISBN/UPC (if available): 8125007024 DescriptionThis volume brings the fascinating riches of artistic development within the reach of general readers as well as college and university students. By nature, human beings love to beautify themselves and their surroundings; and they also like to share their feelings and ideas with other people. Even primitive men decorated their earthenware pots with lines or color for the sheer delight of seeing them- although these have no practical use. When civilization progressed and people had more means and time at their disposal to make things beautiful or artistic, they produced many works of art, such as imposing buildings with ornamental gardens, paintings, and sculpture. Stress in this volume has also been laid on India's most distinctive role in world art - - its development of rock-cut architecture and its immense wealth of stone carvings. CONTENTS: Indian Ar