Partha Mitter's book is a pioneering study of the history of modern art on the Indian subcontinent from 1850 to 1922. The author tells the story of Indian art during the Raj, set against the interplay of colonialism and nationalism. The work addresses the tensions and contradictions that attended the advent of European naturalism in India, as part of the imperial design for the...(展开全部)

Interest in the science, technology and medicine of India under British rule has grown in recent years and has played an ever-increasing part in the reinterpretation of modern South Asian history. Spanning the period from the establishment of East India Company rule through to Independence, David Arnold's wide-ranging and analytical survey demonstrates the importance of examini...(展开全部)

In this book, Jaś Elsner presents a fresh perspective on the rich visual culture of ancient South Asia, connecting the stupa’s artistic innovations with advancements in Buddhist philosophy and practice. He offers new insights into early Buddhist art in South India, as well as a new understanding of the relationship between early Buddhism and its material culture. The photograph...(展开全部)

本书讲述的是印度被殖民时期的艺术故事，在呈现欧洲自然主义在印度出现时所引起的紧张和矛盾的基础上，分析了殖民主义与民族主义之间的相互影响，追溯了艺术从毫无疑问的西化到印度民族身份建构的演变。本书收集了印度各地博物馆、基金会、出版社收藏的代表作品，涵盖了传统工艺、版画、本土艺术、插图、印刷、古董，深描艺术家的生存模式等内容，为读者展开了一幅南亚深厚的历史画卷。

本书讲述的是印度被殖民时期的艺术故事，在呈现欧洲自然主义在印度出现时所引起的紧张和矛盾的基础上，分析了殖民主义与民族主义之间的相互影响，追溯了艺术从毫无疑问的西化到印度民族身份建构的演变。本书收集了印度各地博物馆、基金会、出版社收藏的代表作品，涵盖了传统工艺、版画、本土艺术、插图、印刷、古董，深描艺术家的生存模式等内容，为读者展开了一幅南亚深厚的历史画卷。

Named for two primary motifs in Buddhist art, the sacred bodhi tree and the protective snake, Tree & Serpent: Early Buddhist Art in India is the first publication to foreground devotional works produced in the Deccan from 200 BCE to 400 CE. Unlike traditional narratives, which focus on northern India (where the Buddha was born, taught, and died), this groundbreaking book presen...(展开全部)

"For the Record" considers the relationship between sexuality and the colonial archive by posing the following questions: Why does sexuality (still) seek its truth in the historical archive? What are the spatial and temporal logics that compel such a return? And conversely, what kind of 'archive' does such a recuperative hermeneutics produce? Rather than render sexuality's rela...(展开全部)

In this unique and important study of what it means to be a Mongolian in today's world, Dr. Uradyn E. Bulag draws on a vast amount of illuminating research to argue that all Mongols are in fact confronted with a choice between a purist, racialized nationalism (which they inherited from the Soviet discourses of the past) and a more open, adaptive, and inclusive nationalism (whic...(展开全部)

Interest in the science, technology and medicine of India under British rule has grown in recent years and has played an ever-increasing part in the reinterpretation of modern South Asian history. Spanning the period from the establishment of East India Company rule through to Independence, David Arnold's wide-ranging and analytical survey demonstrates the importance of examini...(展开全部)

Interest in the science, technology and medicine of India under British rule has grown in recent years and has played an ever-increasing part in the reinterpretation of modern South Asian history. Spanning the period from the establishment of East India Company rule through to Independence, David Arnold's wide-ranging and analytical survey demonstrates the importance of examini...(展开全部)