Much maligned monsters: a history of European reactions to Indian art

By:

Mitter, Partha

Publication details: Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1992.Description: xxiii, 351p.: ill.; maps; pbk.: 24 cmISBN:

9780226532394

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

709.54 MIT

Summary: In this fascinating study, Partha Mitter traces the history of European reactions to Indian art, from the earliest encounters of explorers with the exotic. East to the more sophisticated but still incomplete appreciations of the early twentieth century. Mitter’s new Preface reflects upon the profound changes in Western interpretations of non-Western societies over the past fifteen years. https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/M/bo3630975.html

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Barcode
Books	IIT Gandhinagar	General	709.54 MIT (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available	035064

Includes, Appendices, Bibliographical References, Index and Notes

In this fascinating study, Partha Mitter traces the history of European reactions to Indian art, from the earliest encounters of explorers with the exotic. East to the more sophisticated but still incomplete appreciations of the early twentieth century. Mitter’s new Preface reflects upon the profound changes in Western interpretations of non-Western societies over the past fifteen years.

https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/M/bo3630975.html

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