Empire and Art: British India

by Renate Dohmen (Editor)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781526122940
Publisher:	Manchester University Press
Publication date:	01/05/2018
Series:	Art and its Global Histories , #3
Pages:	200
Product dimensions:	8.27(w) x 10.35(h) x (d)

About the Author

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