Much Maligned Monsters
History Of European Reactions to Indian Art
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ISBN:
9780198089711
Publication date:
25/09/2013
Hardback
456 pages
245.0x165.0mm
Price: 1895.00 INR
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ISBN:
9780198089711
Publication date:
25/09/2013
Hardback
456 pages
245.0x165.0mm
Partha Mitter
Suitable for: Scholars, teachers, and students of medieval India, particularly art history, as well as general readers interested in painting and visual culture
Rights: World Rights
Partha Mitter
Description
This book traces the history of European reactions to Indian art—from the earliest encounters of explorers with the exotic East to the more sophisticated yet incomplete appreciations of the early twentieth century. Narrating the story of the failure of the West to come to terms with the Hindu art of India—of seeing monsters where there were gods—it gives a gripping account of cultural encounters and the clash of two powerful and antithetical aesthetic traditions. First published in 1977 and acclaimed a classic in the years since, Much Maligned Monsters continues to influence modern judgements and values about art. This edition comes with a new Introduction that reflects upon the profound changes in the West’s interpretations of Indian art over the past thirty-five years.
Partha Mitter
Features
- Considered
- a classic, the book has been in print for close to 35 years
- Most
- authoritative and comprehensive work dealing with the Western
- response to Indian art
- Partha
- Mitter, an eminent art historian
- Around
- 123 b-w photographs and 2 maps
Partha Mitter
Description
This book traces the history of European reactions to Indian art—from the earliest encounters of explorers with the exotic East to the more sophisticated yet incomplete appreciations of the early twentieth century. Narrating the story of the failure of the West to come to terms with the Hindu art of India—of seeing monsters where there were gods—it gives a gripping account of cultural encounters and the clash of two powerful and antithetical aesthetic traditions. First published in 1977 and acclaimed a classic in the years since, Much Maligned Monsters continues to influence modern judgements and values about art. This edition comes with a new Introduction that reflects upon the profound changes in the West’s interpretations of Indian art over the past thirty-five years.
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