‘”Gaur as “Monument”: The Making of an Archive and Tropes of Memorializing’

This paper seeks to locate the fifteenth-century medieval city of ‘Gaur’ in Bengal, and the various historical and art historical claims which have emerged around it. Beginning with a historiography of early exploration and visual encounters with the site, this paper traces the aesthetic shifts and...

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Main Author: Parjanya Sen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Department of Art History, University of Birmingham 2013-12-01
Series:Journal of Art Historiography
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Online Access:http://arthistoriography.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/sen.pdf