{"product_id":"the-art-of-ancient-india-buddhist-hindu-jain-9780834801837","title":"The Art Of Ancient India: Buddhist  Hindu  Jain","description":"\u003cp\u003eTo scholars in the field  the need for an up-to-date overview of the art of South Asia has been apparent for decades. Although many regional and dynastic genres of Indic art are fairly well understood  the broad  overall representation of Indias centuries of splendor has been lacking. The Art of Ancient India is the result of the authors aim to provide such a synthesis. Noted expert Sherman E. Lee has commented: \"Not since Coomaraswamys History of Indian and Indonesian Art (1927) has there been a survey of such completeness.\" Indeed  this work restudies and reevaluates every frontier of ancient Indic art from its prehistoric roots up to the period of Muslim rule  from the Himalayan north to the tropical south  and from the earliest extant writings through the most modern scholarship on the subject.  This dynamic surveygenerously complemented with 775 illustrations  including 48 in full color and numerous architectural ground plans  and detailed maps and fine drawings  and further enhanced by its guide to Sanskrit  copious notes  extensive bibliography  and glossary of South Asian art termsis the most comprehensive and most fully illustrated study of South Asian art available. The works and monuments included in this volume have been selected not only for their artistic merit but also in order to both provide general coverage and include transitional works that furnish the key to an all-encompassing view of the art.  An outstanding portrayal of ancient Indias highest intellectual and technical achievements  this volume is written for many audiences: scholars  for whom it provides an up-to-date background against which to examine their own areas of study; teachers and students of college level  for whom it supplies a complete summary of and a resource for their own deeper investigations into Indic art; and curious readers  for whom it gives a broad-based introduction to this fascinating area of world art. An immensely important contribution to the scholarship on South Asian art  this fresh and enlightening survey is surely destined to become the standard reference in the field.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45279838928949,"sku":"ByrdShop_0834801833","price":154.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780834801837.jpg?v=1780613068","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-art-of-ancient-india-buddhist-hindu-jain-9780834801837","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}