Mimesis Across Empires: Artworks and Networks in India, 1765-1860

by Natasha Eaton

In Mimesis Across Empires , Natasha Eaton examines the interactions, attachments, and crossings between the visual cultures of the Mughal and British Empires during the formative period of British imperial rule in India. Eaton explores how the aesthetics of Mughal "vernacular" art and British "realist" art mutually informed one another to create a hybrid visual economy. By tracing the exchange of objects and ideas--between Mughal artists and British...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822354802
• ISBN13: 9780822354802
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.8" x 8.5"