Art and the British Empire
- ISBN-10
- 0719073928
- ISBN-13
- 9780719073922
- Category
- Art
- Pages
- 442
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007-05-15
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Authors
- T. J. Barringer, Geoff Quilley, Douglas Fordham
Description
This volume is dedicated to the problematic relationship between art and the British Empire from the 16th century to decolonization in the 20th century. It examines a wide range of visual production, including book illustration, portraiture, monumental sculpture, genre and history painting, visual satire, and more.
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