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How did the British view themselves and their subjects in the era of imperialism?

How did imperial subjects view the British?

This study day will consider these questions by exploring a range of images, buildings, objects and art forms from across the British Empire.

Beginning with a broad view of the empire and imperial art in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, we will go on to focus more closely on imperial India. We will consider the arts and architecture of the vibrant capital city of Calcutta, the ‘second city’ of the British Empire throughout the nineteenth century. We will then take a detailed look at the life and art of one of India’s cultural giants, Rabindranath Tagore.