Monuments, objects, histories : institutions of art in colonial and postcolonial India /
Guha-Thakurta, Tapati.
Delhi : Permanent Black ; Bangalore : Distributed by Orient Longman Private,
2004.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [373]-391) and index.
Part I. The colonial past. The empire and its antiquities : two pioneers and their scholarly fields ; The museum in the colony : collecting, conserving, classifying -- Part II. Regional Frames. Interlocuting texts and monuments : the coming of age of the "native" scholar ; Between the nation and the region : the locations of a Bengali archaeologist ; Wresting the nation's prerogative : art history and nationalism in Bengal -- Part III. National claims. The demands of independence : from a national exhibition to a national museum ; "For the greater glory of Indian art" : travels and travails of a Yakshi -- Part IV. The embattled present. Art history and the nude : on art, obscenity, and sexuality in contemporary india ; Archaeology and the monument : on two contentious sites of faith and history.
Nationalism and art
Nationalism and art
Art
Art, Indic.