Monuments, Objects, Histories: Institutions of Art in Colonial and Post-Colonial India by Tapati Guha-Thakurta

Monuments, Objects, Histories: Institutions of Art in Colonial and Post-Colonial India

Cultures of History

Tapati Guha-Thakurta

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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 relic...

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