History of the Art of Orissa

This posthumous publication bridges two major gaps in our understanding of the art heritage of Orissa. First, it is a pioneering attempt at presenting the art history of this region by organizing scattered material into a sequential account, from the pre-Aryan archaic styles to the period from the 6th to the 14th century AD when temple architecture in Orissa blossomed into what the author, Charles Louis Fabri considers to be the Baroque and the Rococo styles. This volume extends our scanty knowledge inland and unearths part of the enormous but hidden art treasures of Orissa.