The Making of a New 'Indian' Art: Artists, Aesthetics and Nationalism in Bengal, C.1850 1920

This book offers a path-breaking analysis of the transformations that occurred in the art and aesthetic values of Bengal during the colonial and nationalist periods. Tapati Guha-Thakurta moves beyond most existing assumptions and narratives to explore the complexities and diversities of the changes generated by Western contacts and nationalist preoccupation's in art. She examines the shifts both in the forms and practices of painting as well as in the ideas and opinions about Indian art during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Author: Tapati Guha-Thakurta
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 12/03/2007
Pages: 384
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.13lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.79d
ISBN: 9780521052733

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