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Empire and Art

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The book examines the aesthetic interactions between Britain and India during the Raj in relation to issues of empire and considers the visual culture of urban elites and princely states alongside ...
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The book explores British art in relation to British India. It examines the aesthetic interactions initiated by the Anglo-Indian colonial encounter across the disciplines of painting, print-making, design, photography and architecture. It also considers the display of Indian artefacts at exhibitions in Britain and in India and presents the art of urban elites alongside popular arts and artefacts.
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Pages: 200
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Series: Art and its Global Histories
Publication Date: 05 January 2018
ISBN: 9781526122940
Format: Paperback
BISACs:

ART / Criticism & Theory, History of art, ART / History / General, ART / History / Renaissance, Globalization, Colonialism and imperialism
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Renate Dohmen is Lecturer in Art History at The Open University

Introduction – Renate Dohmen
1 Painting in British India – Renate Dohmen
2 Indian crafts and empire – Renate Dohmen
3 Photography in colonial India – Steve Edwards
4 Architecture, empire and India – Elizabeth McKellar
Conclusion – Renate Dohmen
Index