From folk art to fine art: changing paradigms in the historiography of Maithil
The paper is a brief survey of the historiography of Maithil painting after independence. Tracing the roots of current perceptions of Maithil art to the 1949 article of W.G. Archer, the paper demonstrates how his interpretations were articulated by Maithil and non-Maithil scholars and promoters of M...
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| Language: | English |
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Department of Art History, University of Birmingham
2010-06-01
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| Series: | Journal of Art Historiography |
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| Online Access: | http://arthistoriography.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/media_152490_en.pdf |