3 Review(s)

No great writing in Indian art and architecture has come after Ananda K Coomaraswamy and E B Havell. James Fergusson, Jouveau Dubreuil, Alexander Rea, A H Longhurst, J C Harley, Stella Kramrisch, Percy Brown and even contemporary writers like Adam Hardy have done good work in spotlighting hidden structures and their basic histories. Indian writers from third phase, particularly K V Soundararajan and C Sivaramamurty were discussed on art and architecture from the perspective of its creators. The blank continues again, thereafter. Artist and sculptor S A V Elanchezian offers new research where no scholar has ever been before. It’s not just aesthetics and art, but the author also delves into history to throw light on how Tamilian art and architecture aspired to be among the best in the world.