Visual Arts · Non-Western Art Traditions
A topic within Non-Western Art Traditions, itself one of 9 topics in that field and part of Visual Arts.
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Vincent A. Smith
Traces Indian and Sinhalese sculpture and painting as a continuous development driven by religious patronage across Buddhist, Hindu and Islamic periods, organised by dynasty and region rather than by isolated masterpieces.
link checked 17 Sept 2026Ananda K. Coomaraswamy
Argues Indian and Indonesian sculpture and painting form one continuous tradition organised by religious function and symbolic convention, rather than by the individual-artist, period-style framework used for Western art history.
link checked 17 Sept 2026