Rethinking Place in South Asian and Islamic Art, 1500-Present

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Synopsis

Place plays a fundamental role in the structuring of the discipline of Art History. And yet, place also limits the questions art historians can ask and impairs analysis of objects and locations in the interstices of established, ossified categories. The chapters in this interdisciplinary volume investigate place in all of its dynamism and complexity: several call into question traditional constructions regarding place in Art History, while others explore the fundamental role that place plays in lived experience. The particular nexus for this collection lies at the intersection and overlap of two major subfields in the history of art: South Asia and the Islamic world, both of which are seemingly geographically determined, yet at the same time uncategorizable as place with their ever-shifting and contested borders. The eleven chapters brought together here move from the early modern through to the contemporary, and span particular monuments and locations ranging from Asia and Europe to Africa and the Americas. The chapters take on the question of place as it operates in more obvious settings, such as architectural monuments and exhibitionary contexts, while also probing the way place operates when objects move or when the very place they exist in transforms dramatically. This volume engages place through the movement of objects, the evocation of senses, desires, and memories and the on-going project of articulating the parameters of place and location.

Book details

Author:
Deborah S. Hutton, Rebecca M. Brown
ISBN:
9781315456034
Related ISBNs:
9780367199142, 9781315456058, 9781472466341
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Pages:
268
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
Yes
Date of addition:
2023-08-27
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2017
Copyright by:
Taylor and Francis 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Art and Architecture, History, Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality