From The Backcover Of 'Indian Painting' By C. Sivaramamurti 

The history of Indian painting from the earliest times to the present day is a fascinating chronicle, though too vast a subject to be conveniently compressed into a few pages. Aware fully of this limitation, the author has narrated as comprehensively as possible the continuous story of Indian painting through the ages.

Padma Bhushan C. Sivaramamurti, Honorary Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, was a sculptor, artist and scholar with a brilliant academic career. He was Curator for Archaeology in Madras and Superintendent, Archaeology Section, Indian Museum, Calcutta. He retired as Director, National Museum, New Delhi. Therafter, he was Honorary Advisor to the Government of India on Museology and was Chairman of the Art Purchase Committee, and held these posts till his demise in 1983. He served on the Executive Committee of the International Council of Museums, Paris and was Chairman of the Indian National Committee of the Council.

Among his important works are Nataraja in Art, Thought and Literature, Amaravati Sculptures in the Madras Museum, South' Indian Painting, South Indian Bronzes, Borobudur (French), L'Art en Inde (first published in French, subsequently brought out in German, English, Italian and Spanish), Indian Sculpture, Some Aspects of Indian Culture, 5000 Years of Indian Art, and lastly Panorama of Jain Art. He was honoured with a number of awards during his lifetime, and in view of his contribution to Oriental Research, in 1981, the Asiatic Society of Bombay posthumously awarded a special Campbell Memorial Gold Medal.