Monuments, objects histories : institutions of art in colonial and postcolonial India
Guha-Thakurta, Tapati
Monuments, objects histories : institutions of art in colonial and postcolonial India - Ranikhet Permanent Black 2020 - xxv,404p.
CONTENTS
List of Illustrations ix
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction xvii
PART I : The Colonial Past
CHAPTER 1 THE EMPIRE AND ITS ANTIQUITIES: TWO PIONEERS AND THEIR SCHOLARLY FIELDS 3
CHAPTER 2 THE MUSEUM IN THE COLONY: COLLECTING, CONSERVING, CLASSIFYING 43
PART II : Regional Frames
CHAPTER 3 INTERLOCUTING TEXTS AND MONUMENTS: THE COMING OF AGE OF THE "NATIVE" SCHOLAR 85
CHAPTER 4 BETWEEN THE NATION AND THE REGION: THE LOCATIONS OF A BENGALI ARCHAEOLOGIST 112
CHAPTER 5 WRESTING THE NATION'S PREROGATIVE: ART HISTORY AND NATIONALISM IN BENGAL 140
PART III : National Claims
CHAPTER 6 THE DEMANDS OF INDEPENDENCE: FROM A NATIONAL EXHIBITION TO A NATIONAL MUSEUM 175
CHAPTER 7 "FOR THE GREATER GLORY OF INDIAN ART" : TRAVELS AND TRAVAILS OF A YAKSHI 205
PART IV : The Embattled Present
CHAPTER 8 ART HISTORY AND THE NUDE: ON ART, OBSCENITY, AND SEXUALITY IN CONTEMPORARY INDIA 237
CHAPTER 9 ARCHAEOLOGY AND THE MONUMENT: ON TWO CONTENTIOUS SITES OF FAITH AND HISTORY 268
Notes 305
Bibliography 373
Index 393
9788178241876
Architecture
Colonial influence
Art, Indic
Art--Historiography
Archaeology--Research
701.030954 / GUH
Monuments, objects histories : institutions of art in colonial and postcolonial India - Ranikhet Permanent Black 2020 - xxv,404p.
CONTENTS
List of Illustrations ix
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction xvii
PART I : The Colonial Past
CHAPTER 1 THE EMPIRE AND ITS ANTIQUITIES: TWO PIONEERS AND THEIR SCHOLARLY FIELDS 3
CHAPTER 2 THE MUSEUM IN THE COLONY: COLLECTING, CONSERVING, CLASSIFYING 43
PART II : Regional Frames
CHAPTER 3 INTERLOCUTING TEXTS AND MONUMENTS: THE COMING OF AGE OF THE "NATIVE" SCHOLAR 85
CHAPTER 4 BETWEEN THE NATION AND THE REGION: THE LOCATIONS OF A BENGALI ARCHAEOLOGIST 112
CHAPTER 5 WRESTING THE NATION'S PREROGATIVE: ART HISTORY AND NATIONALISM IN BENGAL 140
PART III : National Claims
CHAPTER 6 THE DEMANDS OF INDEPENDENCE: FROM A NATIONAL EXHIBITION TO A NATIONAL MUSEUM 175
CHAPTER 7 "FOR THE GREATER GLORY OF INDIAN ART" : TRAVELS AND TRAVAILS OF A YAKSHI 205
PART IV : The Embattled Present
CHAPTER 8 ART HISTORY AND THE NUDE: ON ART, OBSCENITY, AND SEXUALITY IN CONTEMPORARY INDIA 237
CHAPTER 9 ARCHAEOLOGY AND THE MONUMENT: ON TWO CONTENTIOUS SITES OF FAITH AND HISTORY 268
Notes 305
Bibliography 373
Index 393
9788178241876
Architecture
Colonial influence
Art, Indic
Art--Historiography
Archaeology--Research
701.030954 / GUH