TY  - BOOK
AU  - Howes,Jennifer
AU  - Howes,Jennifer
TI  - The Art of a Corporation: The East India Company as Patron and Collector, 1600-1860
SN  - 9781003379515
PY  - 2023///
PB  - Taylor & Francis, Routledge [Imprint]
KW  - Asian history
KW  - thema
KW  - History and Archaeology
KW  - History of art
KW  - History
KW  - Interdisciplinary studies
KW  - Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects
KW  - Regional / International studies
KW  - Society and culture: general
KW  - Society and Social Sciences
KW  - The arts: general topics
KW  - The Arts: treatments and subjects
KW  - The Arts
KW  - British History
KW  - East India company
KW  - Imperial and colonial history
KW  - Indian history
KW  - modern art
N1  - Free-to-read
N2  - The Art of a Corporation is a comprehensive study of artworks that were commissioned and collected by the East India Company from the early 17th to the mid-19th century. These items range from oil paintings on canvas and marble statuary, to sandstone Buddhas and metal figurines of Hindu deities. The book takes a chronological approach and focuses on provenance to show that objects are valuable primary resources for understanding the East India Company's history. The artworks illustrate how one of the longest surviving multinational corporations in the western world changed over its three-century history and provide a powerful visual account of its perpetually reinvented image. This book is a must read for scholars and researchers of art history, colonial art, colonial studies, British history, economic history, business history, South Asian history, post-colonial studies and cultural studies
UR  - https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/62012
ER  -