| The Bombay Revival of Indian Art Contributor(s): Soloman, W. E. Gladstone (Author) |
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ISBN: 1443774227 ISBN-13: 9781443774222 Publisher: Brewster Press OUR PRICE: $25.19 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2008 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | Asian - Indian & South Asian |
| Physical Information: 0.43" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.54 lbs) 188 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: THE BOMBAY REVIVAL INDIAN ART. A descriptive account of the Indian Room constructed and decorated by the Staff and Students of the School of Art. W. E. GLADSTONE SOLOMON, BOMBAY AND THE SCHOOL OF ART, INDIAN Art when seen in its full perspective discloses so vast a panorama that it is easy to lose ones sense of proportion. Like the view from the summit of the Jungfrau, misty and uncertain on account of the great height of the spectator, or like the first glimpses of Montblanc over the Mountain Railway on the approach to Chamonix, range after range of dim peak and vale, of vaporous torrent, or gliding glacier. It is better to take ones stand on some lowly green Alp and survey the humbler heights before one for as the Scientist can reconstruct from a single bone the whole skeleton of the antediluvian monster, we shall glean from a survey of the one promontory an inkling of virgin and inaccessible peaks beyond... |