Much maligned monsters : a history of European reactions to Indian art / by Partha Mitter with a new preface.

Main entry:

Mitter, Partha.

Title & Author:

Much maligned monsters : a history of European reactions to Indian art / by Partha Mitter with a new preface.

Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1992.

Description:

xxiii, 351 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:
Originally published: Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1977.
"With a new preface."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 330-343) and index.
I. Indian Art in Travellers' Tales. (i). Much Maligned Monsters. (ii). Wonders of Elephanta. (iii). Paganism Revealed -- II. Eighteenth Century Antiquarians and Erotic Gods -- III. Orientalists, Picturesque Travellers, and Archaeologists. (i). Anquetil-Duperron, Niebuhr, Le Gentil, and Sonnerat. (ii). The Sublime, the Picturesque, and Indian Architecture. (iii). India and the Rise of Scientific Archaeology. (iv). From Reynolds to Ram Raz -- IV. Historical and Philosophical Interpretations of Indian Art. (i). The Debate on the Origin of the Arts. (ii). Creuzer and Hegel -- V. The Victorian Interlude. (i). Owen Jones and the New School of Industrial Design. (ii). John Ruskin and William Morris -- VI. Towards the Twentieth Century: A Reassessment of Present Attitudes -- Appendix 1: Outline of Early European Collections of Indian Art -- Appendix 2: On Elephanta and Salsette from Castro's Roteiro.

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.

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ISBN:

0226532399 (pbk.)
9780226532394 (pbk.)

Subject:

Art, Indic Public opinion.
Public opinion Europe.
Art de l'Inde Opinion publique.
Opinion publique Europe.
Public opinion.
Geschichte
Kunst
Reisebericht
Rezeption
Europa Kunst Indien.
Indien Kunst Europa.
Naher Osten Reisebericht Indien.
Europe.
Europa
Indien
Naher Osten

Form/genre:

Hochschulschrift.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 202288
Call No.: N7428.5 .M5 1992
Status: Available

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