The Art of a Corporation The East India Company as Patron and Collector, 1600-1860
The Art of a Corporation The East India Company as Patron and Collector, 1600-1860
- Taylor & Francis 2023
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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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English
9781003379515 9781003379515 9781032361178 9781032478654
10.4324/9781003379515 doi
Asian history
History of art
History
Regional / International studies
Society and culture: general
The arts: general topics
History of art, modern art, British History, Imperial and colonial history, Asian history, Indian history, East India company
Free-to-read
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.
All rights reserved
English
9781003379515 9781003379515 9781032361178 9781032478654
10.4324/9781003379515 doi
Asian history
History of art
History
Regional / International studies
Society and culture: general
The arts: general topics
History of art, modern art, British History, Imperial and colonial history, Asian history, Indian history, East India company