Much Maligned Monsters: A History of European Reactions to Indian Art

By:

Mitter, Partha

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Chicago University of Chicago Press 1992Description: 376 pISBN:

978-0226532394

Subject(s):

Art Studies

DDC classification:

ART MIT

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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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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