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9780700712823

The Artificial Empire: The Indian Landscapes of William Hodges

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  • ISBN13:

    9780700712823

  • ISBN10:

    0700712828

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2000-04-17
  • Publisher: RoutledgeCurzon

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Summary

This book discusses the role of the visual arts in the assertion of European colonial power, examining the representation of Indian scenery and architecture by British artists in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.

Table of Contents

Foreword vii
Introduction 1(10)
The Picturesque Prospect
11(26)
Articulating the Theory
12(16)
Developing the Practice
28(9)
Drawn on the Spot
37(22)
Hodges and Enquiry into India
38(5)
Hodges and the Picturesque
43(10)
Art and Exploration: Two Cultures
53(3)
Framed Fictions
56(3)
Others' Designs
59(28)
British Landscape Painters in India
60(11)
Aesthetics in Conflict
71(7)
Alternative Representations
78(9)
Colonial and Visual Domains
87(30)
British Interests
87(13)
Orientalism and the Visual Arts
100(17)
With Architecture in Mind
117(30)
Patrons and Scholars
117(9)
Field-work
126(9)
The Dissertation
135(12)
Bibliography 147(10)
Index 157

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