Mimesis across empires : artworks and networks in India, 1765-1860 / Natasha Eaton.
Published / Created:
Durham ; London : Duke University Press, 2013.
Physical Description:
xv, 331 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Colonizing the exotic : Indian and colonial art in London -- The mirroring of mirrors : nostalgia, sovereignty, and unhomely images in Calcutta -- Mimicking kingship : sovereign genealogies, vernacular landscape, and the work of William Hodges -- Art and gift in India : mimesis and inalienability -- Sacrifice and the double : physiognomy, divination, and ethnographic art in India.