Artisans, Sufis, Shrines: Colonial Architecture in Nineteenth-Century Punjab Contributor(s): Khan, Hussain Ahmad (Author) |
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ISBN: 1350155357 ISBN-13: 9781350155350 Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic OUR PRICE: $44.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2020 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Architecture | Regional - History | Asia - India & South Asia - History | Europe - Great Britain - General |
Dewey: 720.954 |
Physical Information: 0.48" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.6 lbs) 232 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian - Cultural Region - Indian - Cultural Region - British Isles - Religious Orientation - Islamic - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: In nineteenth-century Punjab, a cultural tug-of-war ensued as both Sufi mystics and British officials aimed to engage the local artisans as a means of realizing their ideological ambitions. When it came to influence and impact, the Sufi shrines had a huge advantage over the colonial art institutions, such as the Mayo School of Arts in Lahore. The mystically-inspired shrines, built as a statement of Muslim ruling ambitions, were better suited to the task of appealing to local art traditions. By contrast the colonial institutions, rooted in the Positivist Romanticism of the Victorian West, found assimilation to be more of a challenge. In questioning their relative success and failures at influencing local culture, the book explores the extent to which political control translates into cultural influence. Folktales, Sufi shrines, colonial architecture, institutional education methods and museum exhibitions all provide a wealth of sources for revealing the complex dynamic between the Punjabi artisans, the Sufi community and the colonial British. |