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Indian Art (World of Art)

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A concise history indeed! Craven does admit that this book contributes little to the study of Indian art and that it only mentions the most studied works. This text was purchased for an art history course and I would have to say that while it gets the job done, it is not a stand out text by any means.
I am not a proof-reader or a literary critic but I found the writing to be "clunky". While reading I got the impression that the author wrote this book from notes or dictations.
This book does not do the art of India justice. The text detracted from what I am sure is a fascinating subject. All-in-all, not great.

Craven presents a fairly shallow looks at the culture of Indian art, presenting the various developments in style an technique from a boxy Western perspective. Craven notes in a few places how the art of India has no share in the aesthetic interests of, say, Europe, but in other places he seems very keen on feeding historical developments through this rubric.

This is an excellent overview of Indian art for beginners. It takes you through the major periods and styles, and concisely explains why each artistic/architectural development is significant.

I have just start reading this book & it's very interesting,useful & a very good helper for beginners.At the same time it is a very good referance book.Some topics in this book are real nice & helpful for eg.The Mauryan period,South India,Islamic India & Jain,Rajasthani & Pahari painting.This famous book provides the widest available range of illustrated topics on art in all it's aspects.But there is something in this book which is still missing & i can not find out that what is missing?still it's a very good book for the beginners like me & i love to take refarences from this book & to use it as a course book in fine art in my college.That's only what i can say about this lovely,useful & great book.And i like to say thanks to the authur of this book that is ROY C. CRAVEN for writing such a lovely & useful book for all the art lovers.