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Art and the British Empire
. Ed(S): Barringer, Tim; Quilley, Professor Geoff; Fordham, Douglas
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Paperback. This pioneering study argues that the concept of 'empire' belongs at the centre, rather than in the margins, of British art history. Twenty essays by authors from four continents offer innovative methodological approaches to the analysis of visual art as it was produced, exhibited, and distributed throughout the British Empire. Editor(s): Barringer, Tim; Quilley, Professor Geoff; Fordham, Douglas. Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations, black & white|Illustrations, colour. BIC Classification: 1DBK; AC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 172 x 238 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1156.
This pioneering study argues that the concept of ‘empire’ belongs at the centre, rather than in the margins, of British art history. Recent scholarship in history, anthropology, literature and post-colonial studies has superseded traditional definitions of empire as a monolithic political and economic project. Emerging across the humanities is the idea of empire as a complex and contested process, mediated materially and imaginatively by multifarious forms of culture.
The twenty essays in Art and the British Empire offer compelling methodological solutions to this ambiguity, while engaging in subtle visual analysis of a previously neglected body of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
Number of Pages
464
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719081934
SKU
V9780719081934
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About . Ed(S): Barringer, Tim; Quilley, Professor Geoff; Fordham, Douglas
Tim Barringer is Paul Mellon Professor of the History of Art at Yale University. Geoff Quilley is Curator of Maritime Art at the National Maritime Museum, London. Douglas Fordham is Assistant Professor of Art History at the University of Virginia -- .
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