Mimesis across empires artworks and networks in India, 1765-1860

Eaton, Natasha

Mimesis across empires artworks and networks in India, 1765-1860 - Durham Duke University Press 2013 - xv, 331p. color illustrations 23 cm - Objects/histories . - Objects/histories. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-322) and index.

Colonizing the exotic : Indian and colonial art in London -- The mirroring of mirrors : nostalgia, sovereignty, and unhomely images in Calcutta -- Mimicking kingship : sovereign genealogies, vernacular landscape, and the work of William Hodges -- Art and gift in India -- Sacrifice and the double : physiognomy, divination, and ethnographic art in India.

9780822354802

2013010726


Art, Indic--19th century
Art, Indic--18th century
Art, British--India
Art, Colonial--India
Art, Mogul--Influence


Mogul Empire--Civilization--Influence

N7303 / .E28 2013

709.5409033 / EA-M

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