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Art and the British Empire
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Art and the British Empire Hardcover - 2007

by Tim Barringer (Editor); Geoff Quilley (Editor); Douglas Fordham (Editor)

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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 Recent scholarship in history, anthropology, literature and post-colonial studies has superseded traditional definitions of empire as a monolithic political and economic project.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 work. Authors from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, the USA and the UK examine a wide range of visual production, including book illustration, portraiture, monumental sculpture, genre and history painting, visual satire, marine and landscape painting, photography and film. Together these essays propose a major shift in the historiography of British art and a blueprint for further research.

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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 Recent scholarship in history, anthropology, literature and post-colonial studies has superseded traditional definitions of empire as a monolithic political and economic project.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 work. Authors from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, the USA and the UK examine a wide range of visual production, including book illustration, portraiture, monumental sculpture, genre and history painting, visual satire, marine and landscape painting, photography and film. Together these essays propose a major shift in the historiography of British art and a blueprint for further research.

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  • Title Art and the British Empire
  • Author Tim Barringer (Editor); Geoff Quilley (Editor); Douglas Fordham (Editor)
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First edition. F
  • Pages 464
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Manchester University Press, Manchester
  • Date July 10, 2007
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780719073922 / 0719073928
  • Weight 2.8 lbs (1.27 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.6 x 6.9 x 1.1 in (24.38 x 17.53 x 2.79 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: British
  • Dewey Decimal Code 709.41

About the author


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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