Views of Difference : Different Views of Art

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ISBN: 9780300077643 | 0300077645
Cover: Trade Paper
Copyright: 8/11/1999

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In a fascinating series of case studies, this book looks at the ways in which European colonizers interpreted the arts of the people they colonized, as well the ways in which they have tended to view art produced by the colonized and their descendants in post-colonial times.

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Preface	p. 6
Introduction	p. 7
Mapping difference	p. 23
Art and Artists in Pre-Colonial and Extra-Colonial Cultures
James Fergusson's history of Indian architecture	p. 41
Parity with the West: the flowering of medieval Indian art	p. 67
'Decadent' art of south Indian temples	p. 93
What about Chinese art?	p. 119
Art and Artists in Colonial and Post-Colonial Cultures
'O Aleijadinho': sculptor and architect	p. 143
Rabindranath Tagore: making modern art in India before Independence	p. 178
Modern art in Nigeria: independence and innovation	p. 199
The artist as a post-colonial subject and this individual's journey towards 'the centre'	p. 229
Conclusion	p. 256
Recommended reading	p. 261
Index	p. 263
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