| Description |
xxvii, 352 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Cambridge South Asian studies ; 52 |
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Cambridge South Asian studies ; 52
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| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Introduction; 1. Artisans, artists and popular picture production in nineteenth-century Calcutta; 2. The art-school artists in Calcutta: professions, practice and patronage in the late nineteenth century; 3. Indigenous commercial enterprise and the popular art market in Calcutta: the emergence of a new Indian iconography; 4. Tradition and nationalism in Indian art: art-histories and aesthetic discourse in Bengal in the late nineteenth century; 5. Orientalism and the new claims for Indian art: the ideas of Havell, Coomaraswamy, Okakura and Nivedita; 6. The contest over tradition and nationalism: differing aesthetic formulations for 'Indian' painting; 7. Artists and aesthetics: Abanindranath Tagore and the ?New School of Indian Painting?; Epilogue The Twenties |
| Summary |
This book offers an analysis of the transformations that occurred in the art and aesthetic values of Bengal during the colonial and nationalist periods |
| Analysis |
Bangladesh |
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Visual arts |
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West Bengal (India) |
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Bangladesh |
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Visual arts |
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West Bengal (India) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-340) and index |
| Subject |
Art, Bengali -- 19th century.
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Art, Bengali -- 20th century.
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Art, Bengali.
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Art, Indic -- India -- Bengal -- 20th century.
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Art, Modern -- 19th century -- India -- Bengal.
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Art, Indic -- 20th century -- India -- Bengal.
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Nationalism and art -- India -- Bengal.
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| LC no. |
91023571 |
| ISBN |
0521392470 (hardback) |
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