Tapati Guha Thakurta: 1 book
Monuments, Objects, Histories
Institutions of Art in Colonial and Post-Colonial India
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2004
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...
