The Making of a New 'Indian' Art: Artists, Aesthetics and Nationalism in Bengal, C.1850-1920 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521052733)

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
ISBN-10: 0521052734
ISBN-13: 9780521052733
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 12/03/2007
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.13lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.79d