Rethinking Place in South Asian and Islamic Art, 1500-Present

Taylor & Francis

Rethinking Place in South Asian and Islamic Art, 1500-PresentAuthor(s): Deborah S. Hutton, Rebecca M. Brown\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781472466341, 978-1472466341\nSynopsis\nPlace plays a fundamental role in the structuring of the discipline of Art History. And yet, place also limits the questions art historians can ask and impairs analysis of objects and locations in the interstices of established, ossified categories. The chapters in this interdisciplinary volume investigate place in all of its dynamism and complexity: several call into question traditional constructions regarding place in Art History, while others explore the fundamental role that place plays in lived experience. The particular nexus for this collection lies at the intersection and overlap of two major subfields in the history of art: South Asia and the Islamic world, both of which are seemingly geographically determined, yet at the same t.