Contributions

  • Tate Britain (Gallery) - Contributor
  • Gus Casely-Hayford - Contributor

Publication

2015 - TATE, England

Language

English

Word Count

64,000 words, Guess

Page Count

256 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139781849763592
  • ISBN-101849763437
  • ISBN-101849763593
  • ISBN-139781849763431
  • Library of Congress Control Number2015952497
and 4 more
  • OCLC Control Number920852215
  • Better World Books9781849763431
  • Better World Books9781849763592
  • Open LibraryOL27211632M

Classifications

  • DDC758.9410074421
  • LCCN6764 .A795 2015
  • LCCND192

Description

Summary:"Here, leading scholars focus on how these artworks tell the vivid history of life under British rule in a survey that ranges from sixteenth-century colonialism through to the projection of Britain's imperial might in the late nineteenth century and its decline in the post-war era. Exploring how artists have represented and critiques the diverse places, people and events that constituted the Empire, this is a vital book on a subject of broad contemporary interest"-- Book jacket

Description

"Here, leading scholars focus on how these artworks tell the vivid history of life under British rule in a survey that ranges from sixteenth-century colonialism through to the projection of Britain's imperial might in the late nineteenth century and its decline in the post-war era. Exploring how artists have represented and critiques the diverse places, people and events that constituted the Empire, this is a vital book on a subject of broad contemporary interest"--

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