Mitter, Partha,

Much maligned monsters : a history of European reactions to Indian art / Partha Mitter. - xlvi, 390 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Originally published: Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1977.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 364-378) and index.

Indian art in travellers' tales -- Eighteenth century antiquarians and erotic gods -- Orientalists, picturesque travellers, and archaeologists -- Historical and philosophical interpretations of Indian art -- The Victorian interlude -- Towards the twentieth century: a reassessment of present attitudes.

9780198089711: Rs.1795.00


Art, European--Indic influences.
Art, Indic--History.
Art, Indic--Public opinion.

709.54 / MIT/M