000			01811 a2200193 4500
003			OSt
020			_a9781472458995
040			_cIIT Kanpur
041			_aeng
082			_a704.949954 _bIn2
245			_aIndia in art in Ireland _cedited by Kathleen James-Chakraborty
260			_bRoutledge _c2016 _aLondon
300			_axvii, 170p
520			_aIndia in Art in Ireland is the first book to address how the relationship between these two ends of the British Empire played out in the visual arts. It demonstrates that Irish ambivalence about British imperialism in India complicates the assumption that colonialism precluded identifying with an exotic other. Examining a wide range of media, including manuscript illuminations, paintings, prints, architecture, stained glass, and photography, its authors demonstrate the complex nature of empire in India, compare these empires to British imperialism in Ireland, and explore the contemporary relationship between what are now two independent countries through a consideration of works of art in Irish collections, supplemented by a consideration of Irish architecture and of contemporary Irish visual culture. The collection features essays on Rajput and Mughal miniatures, on a portrait of an Indian woman by the Irish painter Thomas Hickey, on the gate lodge to the Dromana estate in County Waterford, and a consideration of the intellectual context of Harry Clarke's Eve of St. Agnes window. This book should appeal not only to those seeking to learn more about some of Ireland's most cherished works of art, but to all those curious about the complex interplay between empire, anti-colonialism, and the visual arts.
650			_aArt -- Collectors and collecting
650			_aArt, Indic
700			_aJames-Chakraborty, Kathleen [ed.]
942			_cBK
999			_c565424 _d565424