'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 Guhu-Thakurta moves beyond most existing assumptions and narratives to explore the complexities and diversities of the changes generated by Western contacts and nationalist preoccupations 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.' (Cover page)
Glossary and bibliography included.
Glossary and bibliography included.
Access level
Onsite
author
Location code
REF.TGT
Language
English
Keywords
art history, aesthetics, nationalism, Bengal School, Kalighat painting, India
Publication/Creation date
1992
No of pages
352
ISBN / ISSN
9780521052733
No of copies
1
Content type
monograph
Chapter headings
Artisans, Artists and Popular Picture Production in Nineteenth-Century Calcutta
The Art-School Artists in Calcutta: Professions, Practice and Patronage in the Late Nineteenth Century
Indigenous Commercial Enterprise and the Popular Art Market in Calcutta: The Emergence of a New Indian iconography
Tradition and Nationalism in Indian Art: Art-Histories and Aesthetic Discourse in Bengal in the Late Nineteenth Century
Orientalism and the New Claims for Indian Art: The Ideas of Havell, Coomaraswamy, Okakura and Nivedita
The Contest over Tradition and Nationalism: Differing Aesthetic Formulations for 'Indian' Painting
Artists and Aesthetics: Abanindranath Tagore and the 'New School of Indian Painting'
The Making of a New 'Indian' Art: Artists, Aesthetics and Nationalism in Bengal, c. 1850-1920
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