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Portrait Sculpture in South India

Portrait Sculpture in South India
Portrait Sculpture in South India
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Book Specifications

SKUID
:
G1349
ISBN
:
9788120608009
Published Year
:
1992
Author
:
T.G. Aravamuthan
Publisher
:
Asian Educational Services
Book Condition
:
Used Good
Condition Note
:
This is a used book, in good condition.
Book Binding Type
:
Hard Back
Language
:
English
No. of Pages
:
100
Dimensions
:
22 x 14 cm
Availability
:
Out Of Stock

Book Description

In at least one portion of India, the southern, there have survived enough examples of portrait sculpture to compel us to abandon, in so far at least as that part of India is concerned, the theory of Hindu  disinclination to realism, all too confidently asserted. Even in the nooks and corners of south India and in its earliest monuments we come across sculptures which are indubitably portraits. We know no reason for supposing that the instinct for portraiture was stronger in the south of India than in the north, and if as many examples of the art of the portrait sculptor are not traceable in the north as in the south, it must be due to causes other than temperamental.           

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