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020 _a978-0226532394
082 _aART
_bMIT
100 _aMitter, Partha
245 _aMuch Maligned Monsters: A History of European Reactions to Indian Art
260 _aChicago
_bUniversity of Chicago Press
_c1992
300 _a376 p.
520 _aIn 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.
650 _aArt Studies
942 _cBKS
999 _c1580
_d1580