Monuments, Objects, Histories : : Institutions of Art in Colonial and Post-Colonial India / / Tapati Guha-Thakurta.

Art history as it is largely practiced in Asia as well as in the West is a western invention. In India, works of art-sculptures, monuments, paintings-were first viewed under colonial rule as archaeological antiquities, later as architectural relics, and by the mid-20th century as works of art within...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2004]
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Year of Publication:2004
Language:English
Series:Cultures of History
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Physical Description:1 online resource (432 p.) :; 132 illus
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