The island as it once was
Ceylon
The island behind the art, recovered from the record: its places, its people, its past.
The island as it once was
Recovered from the record
The places, the people and a way of life since passed, drawn back from the maps, the books and the pictures that outlived them.
EssayThe Living Rock: Sigiriya and the Classical Painting of Sri Lanka
EssayThe Kandyan School: Painting in the Last Sinhala Kingdom
EssayLotus and Creeper: the Kandyan Decorative Tradition
EssayThe Image House Itself: Form, and the Temple on Pillars
EssayThe Transitional Style: Temple Painting After the Kingdom
EssayRose for Lotus: the Remaking of the Kandyan Ornament in the Southern Temples