Much Maligned Monsters - A History of European Reactions to Indian Art(English, Paperback, Mitter Partha)

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Much Maligned Monsters - A History of European Reactions to Indian Art(English, Paperback, Mitter Partha) is written by Mitter Partha and published by The University of Chicago Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0226532399 (ISBN 10) and 9780226532394 (ISBN 13).

In this fascinating study, Partha Mitter traces the history of European reactions to Indian art, from the earliest encounters of explorers with the exotic. East to the more sophisticated but still incomplete appreciations of the early twentieth century. Mitter's new Preface reflects upon the profound changes in Western interpretations of non-Western societies over the past fifteen years.