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oapen-20.500.12657-620122024-03-27T14:14:42Z The Art of a Corporation Howes, Jennifer History of art, modern art, British History, Imperial and colonial history, Asian history, Indian history, East India company thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AB The arts: general topics thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AG The Arts: treatments and subjects::AGA History of art thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHF Asian history thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTM Regional / International studies 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. 2023-03-29T13:46:20Z 2023-03-29T13:46:20Z 2023 book 9781032361178 9781032478654 9781003379515 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/62012 eng Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9781003379515 10.4324/9781003379515 7b3c7b10-5b1e-40b3-860e-c6dd5197f0bb 0923c35c-b3d8-4dc3-b4e4-c5e2fe8ef511 9781032361178 9781032478654 9781003379515 Routledge open access
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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.
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