The Historiography of Indian Art is more or less a sort of re-examination of writings of Indian art history done during preceding recent centuries. It is a kind of scientific enquiry into the grants of historical perceptive and a corrective measure in relations to the study of art done in the past. By this the aim of historiographical writings is to detect misgivings spread in the people about our Art development. As a corrective measure, this branch of study has worked and influenced the study of Indian art with better understanding and in a progressive prospects. A long stride has been taken in the field of Indian art history after Anand Coomarswamy. Now this is a time when we collectively evaluate the progress in the field of art studies and researches. With this aim in view, the Deptt. of History of Art, Banaras Hindu university invited scholars of the field of History of art of discuss the various aspect of studies sofar made at one platform. This work is an outcome of the proceeding of the aforesaid seminar which is first to this kind in the history of seminars on art Historiography in India.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Balram Shrivastava
Dr. Shrivastava (b. 1930), a reputed scholar of Indian art and Aesthetics was mostly educated in Banaras Hindu university (B.H.U.) Varanasi. Obtained the Ph.D. degree from the same university in 1964. He was assistant and subsequently Curator in the Sanskrit university Varanasi. He joined the Department of Ancient Indian History, Culture & Archaeology, B.H.U. in 1964. Under the U.G.C. grants he has explored the Orissan art-regions and at the invitation from Nepal he worked in search of Licchavi Sculptures in the kathamandu valley. Under the travel-grant from Australian national university, Canberra, he was invited to deliver lecture on the ‘Foundations of Early Mediaeval Art of India’ in the 20th International Conference of Orientalists held in 1971. In 1976-77 he joined the India Institute of advanced Study, Shimla for two years as a Visiting fellow to work on the project entitled ‘Regional trends in the Art of Orissa’. He was expert member of Commission of scientific & technical terminology (Architecture), Ministry of education, Government of India. In 1978 he joined the Deptt. In 1987. In 1987 he was invited by Wisconsin university, Madison, U.S.A. to deliver a Course of lectures on ‘Indian Aesthetics and Indian Art’. Under his headship an International seminar was organised on the ‘Art of Khajuraho’ (1987) and under his Directorship he held a National seminar on the ‘Historiography of Indian art’. To his credit are: 11 published books, 6 unpublished books, 5 edited books and 44 research papers. He retired on 30-8-90.
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