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Much Maligned Mosters: History of European Reactions to Indian Art

Much Maligned Mosters: History of European Reactions to Indian Art

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Much Maligned Mosters: History of European Reactions to Indian Art

by Mitter, Partha

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0198173369
ISBN 13
9780198173366
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Oxford: The Clarendon Press / Oxford University Press, 1977. Original First Edition, 1977. Hardcover. NF/VG- (Clean, crisp, tight, bright. Virtually no cover wear. Dust wrapper has shelf rubbing and is price-clipped at bottom. Original US price sticker (National Gallery of Art) on back.). Navy blue cloth/boards. Gilt lettering on spine. Black and color-illus. dj with orange/white lettering; yellow lettering on spine. xix + 351 pp. with bw frontis, 1 bw map, and 122 additional bw plates. Much Maligned Monsters, one of the first comprehensive work dealing with the Western response to Indian art, is considered a classic on the subject. In this fascinating study interspersed with more than 120 visuals, eminent historian Partha Mitter traces the history of European reactions to Indian art, from the earliest encounters of explorers with the Exotic East to the more sophisticated but still incomplete appreciations of the early-twentieth century.

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Title
Much Maligned Mosters: History of European Reactions to Indian Art
Author
Mitter, Partha
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - NF/VG- (Clean, crisp, tight, bright. Virtually no cover wear. Dust wrapper has shelf rubbing and is price-clipped at bottom. Ori
Quantity Available
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Edition
Original First Edition, 1977
ISBN 10
0198173369
ISBN 13
9780198173366
Publisher
The Clarendon Press / Oxford University Press
Place of Publication
Oxford
Date Published
1977
Keywords
Asian Art; Indian Art; Europeans and Indian Art ; Indian Art ; ;

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