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Empire and Art Renate Dohmen

Empire and Art By Renate Dohmen

Empire and Art by Renate Dohmen


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Summary

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 popular arts. It explores the impact of the Anglo-Indian colonial encounter on the arts and aesthetic traditions of both countries.

Empire and Art Summary

Empire and Art: British India by Renate Dohmen

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.

About Renate Dohmen

Renate Dohmen is Lecturer in Art History at The Open University

Table of Contents

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

Additional information

GOR009925659
9781526122940
1526122944
Empire and Art: British India by Renate Dohmen
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Manchester University Press
2018-01-05
200
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