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C. Sivaramamurti's voluminous contributions to the art of India have added another lustrous gem in this work.With 36 colour illustrations, 30 black and white illustrations and 17 line drawings, VIJAYANAGARA PAINTINGS has something to offer to each of its readers It is a book which is an expression of the knowledge. experience and personality of the author as a scholaras a lover of art and as a museum man teaching art of his own land This book is sure to be well received by all ardent scholars of Vijayanagara art whose nuances and greatdimensions during and after that period in the Nayaka times have been delineated in a thorough manner. per haps for the first time.Both laymen and scholars will find VIJAYANAGARA PAINTINGS a valuable aid to the understanding of Indian iconography.