The art of a corporation : the East India Company as patron and collector, 1600-1860 / Jennifer Howes.
"The Art of a Corporation is a comprehensive study of artworks that were commissioned and collected by the East India Company from the early 17th to the mid-19th century. These items range from oil paintings on canvas and marble statuary, to sandstone Buddhas and metal figurines of Hindu deitie...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY :
Routledge,
2023.
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| Summary: | "The Art of a Corporation is a comprehensive study of artworks that were commissioned and collected by the East India Company from the early 17th to the mid-19th century. These items range from oil paintings on canvas and marble statuary, to sandstone Buddhas and metal figurines of Hindu deities. The book takes a chronological approach and focuses on provenance to show that objects are valuable primary resources for understanding the East India Company's history. The artworks illustrate how one of the longest surviving multinational corporations in the western world changed over its three-century history and provide a powerful visual account of its perpetually reinvented image. This book is a must read for scholars and researchers of art history, colonial art, colonial studies, British history, economic history, business history, South Asian history, post-colonial studies and cultural studies"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 218 pages) : color illustrations, map. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781003379515 1003379516 9781000869491 1000869490 9781000869484 1000869482 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 04, 2023) |
| Biographical or Historical Data: | Jennifer Howes is a London-based art historian who specialises in the art and architecture of India's colonial period. |