Empires of light : vision, visibility and power in colonial India /
Dinkar, Niharika,
Empires of light : vision, visibility and power in colonial India / Niharika Dinkar. - 304 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm. - Rethinking art's histories . - Rethinking art's histories. .
A study of light, vision and power in colonial India. It examines the material cultures of light within imperial networks, drawing the colonial experience into contemporary debates on vision and optics to provide an art historical account of how a modern consciousness was forged amidst these dramatic transformations.
Specialized.
9781526139634 (hbk.) : £80.00 £96.00 £120.00
Ravi Varma, 1848-1906 --Criticism and interpretation.
Art, Indic.
Art, Colonial--India.
Light in art.
Art and Design.
Art and Design.
709.5'4
Empires of light : vision, visibility and power in colonial India / Niharika Dinkar. - 304 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm. - Rethinking art's histories . - Rethinking art's histories. .
A study of light, vision and power in colonial India. It examines the material cultures of light within imperial networks, drawing the colonial experience into contemporary debates on vision and optics to provide an art historical account of how a modern consciousness was forged amidst these dramatic transformations.
Specialized.
9781526139634 (hbk.) : £80.00 £96.00 £120.00
Ravi Varma, 1848-1906 --Criticism and interpretation.
Art, Indic.
Art, Colonial--India.
Light in art.
Art and Design.
Art and Design.
709.5'4