A history of fine art in India and Ceylon, from the earliest times to the present day
A history of fine art in India and Ceylon, written by the art historian Vincent Arthur Smith and published at Oxford by the Clarendon Press in 1911, is a survey of Indian and Ceylonese sculpture and architecture from ancient times onward, illustrated with photographs of carved reliefs. The plates show stone and rock-cut carvings of figures, serpent-hooded deities and sculpted panels in halftone, with strong low light that brings out the depth of the carving, a useful reference for designers working with carved ornament, relief borders and architectural decoration.
