Much Maligned Monsters: A History of European Reactions to Indian ArtUniversity of Chicago Press, 1992 - 351 pages In this fascinating study, 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. Mitter's new Preface reflects upon the profound changes in Western interpretations of non-Western societies over the past fifteen years. |
Contents
INDIAN ART IN TRAVELLERS TALES | 1 |
i Much Maligned Monsters | 3 |
ii Wonders of Elephanta | 31 |
iii Paganism Revealed | 48 |
EIGHTEENTH CENTURY ANTIQUARIANS AND EROTIC GODS | 73 |
ORIENTALISTS PICTURESQUE TRAVELLERS AND ARCHAEOLOGISTS | 105 |
i AnquetilDuperron Niebuhr Le Gentil and Sonnerat | 106 |
ii The Sublime the Picturesque and Indian Architecture | 120 |
i The Debate on the Origin of the Arts | 190 |
ii Creuzer and Hegel | 202 |
THE VICTORIAN INTERLUDE | 221 |
ii John Ruskin and William Morris | 238 |
TOWARDS THE TWENTIETH CENTURY A REASSESSMENT OF PRESENT ATTITUDES | 252 |
NOTES | 287 |
OUTLINE OF EARLY EUROPEAN COLLECTIONS OF INDIAN ART | 321 |
ON ELEPHANTA AND SALSETTE FROM CASTROS ROTEIRO | 326 |
iii India and the Rise of Scientific Archaeology | 140 |
iv From Reynolds to Ram Raz | 171 |
HISTORICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL INTERPRETATIONS OF INDIAN ART | 189 |
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