Empires of Light Vision, Visibility and Power in Colonial India

Empires of light is 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.

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Niharika Dinkar is Associate Professor of South Asian Art History and Visual Culture at Boise State University

Riassunto

Empires of light is 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. -- .

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Niharika Dinkar, Dinkar Niharika Niharika
• Con la collaborazione di: Amelia Jones (Editore)
• Editore: Manchester University Press
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 30.09.2019
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Altro; Saggistica > Storia > Altro
• EAN: 9781526139634
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-3963-4
• Numero di pagine: 304
• Serie: Rethinking Art's Histories
• Categorie: Chiaroscuro, Theatre, British Empire, light, ART / Asian / Indian & South Asian, India, History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Colonialism & imperialism, Modernity, History of Art, Art techniques & principles, Colonialism and imperialism, Individual artists, art monographs, imperialism, The Arts: techniques and principles, Colonial art, HISTORY / Asia / South / General, portraiture, Ravi Varma; colonial Indian; chiaroscuro; theatre; portraiture; unveiling; light; modernity; imperialism; visual technologies, visual technologies, Unveiling, colonial Indian