Monuments, objects histories : institutions of art in colonial and postcolonial India

By:

Guha-Thakurta, Tapati

Publication details: Ranikhet Permanent Black 2020Description: xxv,404pISBN:

9788178241876

Subject(s):

Architecture Colonial influence Art, Indic Art--Historiography Archaeology--Research

DDC classification:

701.030954 GUH

Contents:

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

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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

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