Abigail S Mcgowan
Biographic Data
| ID | 171906 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Abigail S Mcgowan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Abigail S |
| FAMILY NAME | Mcgowan |
| SIGNATURE | MCGOWAN A S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Vermont |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 1 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
All that is Rare, Characteristic or Beautiful: Design and the Defense of Tradition in Colonial India, 1851-1903
In the 1880s and 1890s, British officials worried that traditional Indian design was disappearing in the face of rapid westernization. But their idea of what constituted 'traditional' design was itself new, forged first at international exhibitions and then in the context of Indian artisanal and consumer experimentation with novel combinations of foreign styles and objects. Indeed, it was the latter which prompted British art officials in India t…
All that is Rare, Characteristic or Beautiful: Design and the Defense of Tradition in Colonial India, 1851-1903
In the 1880s and 1890s, British officials worried that traditional Indian design was disappearing in the face of rapid westernization. But their idea of what constituted 'traditional' design was itself new, forged first at international exhibitions and then in the context of Indian artisanal and consumer experimentation with novel combinations of foreign styles and objects. Indeed, it was the latter which prompted British art officials in India t…
All that is Rare, Characteristic or Beautiful: Design and the Defense of Tradition in Colonial India, 1851-1903
In the 1880s and 1890s, British officials worried that traditional Indian design was disappearing in the face of rapid westernization. But their idea of what constituted 'traditional' design was itself new, forged first at international exhibitions and then in the context of Indian artisanal and consumer experimentation with novel combinations of foreign styles and objects. Indeed, it was the latter which prompted British art officials in India t…
Aesthetics (1 works) · Anthropology (1 works) · Archaeology (1 works) · Art (1 works) · Art history (1 works) · Clothing (1 works) · Colonialism (1 works) · Consumerism (1 works) · Context (archaeology (1 works) · Cosmopolitanism (1 works)