Indian Renaissance: British Romantic Art and the Prospect of India (British Art & Visual Culture Since 1750: New Readings)

by HermioneDeAlmeida (Author), George H . Gilpin (Author)

• New

  Hardcover
  2006

  $169.55

  A comprehensive examination of British artists whose first-hand impressions and prospects of the Indian subcontinent became a stimulus for the Romantic Movement in England. This book also presents a survey of the transformation of the images brought home by these artists into the cultural imperatives of imperial, Victorian Britain.