Description
The late Percy Brown needs no introduction to Indian students nor to those outside India who are acquainted with the arts of this country. His publications, such as Indian Painting and Indian Painting under the Moghuls, are authoritative works. He was the Secretary and Curator, Victoria Memorial Hall. Calcutta. Principal, Government School of. Art. and Keeper. Government Art Gallery, Calcutta.
Mr. Brown spent a life-time on the survey of the building art in India and the result of his researches are this volume and the accompanying volume, Indian Architecture: Islamic Period. He has also contributed chapters on ••Indian architecture” in The Cambridge History of India.
Mr. Brown’s masterly review of the subject extends to every development of ideas of architecture in India and the sources from which they were derived. The Volumes are illustrated by numerous photographic reproductions of the most important examples of architecture in the country. What makes this work so interesting is the number of plates of drawings and diagrams prepared under the direction of the author and explanatory of the test.
As an artist, Mr. Brown was in a unique position for explaining the subject by conjectural restorations of some of the well-known architectural remains in India. These drawings give a visual demonstration of many of the well-known monuments of the country now in ruins and enable the reader to imagine what they must have looked like when they were standing in
perfect condition.
