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The Making of a New 'Indian' Art: Artists, Aesthetics and Nationalism in Bengal, c.1850–1920 (Cambridge South Asian Studies, Series Number 52) by Tapati Guha-Thakurta is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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This book offers a path-breaking analysis of the transformations that occurred in the art and aesthetic values of Bengal during the colonial and nationalist periods. Tapati Guha-Thakurta moves beyond most existing assumptions and narratives to explore the complexities and diversities of the changes generated by Western contacts and nationalist preoccupation's in art. She examines the shifts both in the forms and practices of painting as well as in the ideas and opinions about Indian art during t
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- Author
- Tapati Guha-Thakurta
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)
- Published
- 2007
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780521052733
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Art, History, Anthropology
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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