Under the Banyan Tree is the first comprehensive study of the
evolution and flourishing of the picturesque during the British
Raj. Romita Ray argues that this concept allowed British artists
and writers traveling in India to aestheticize the Indian
landscape, its people, and the biota (the banyan tree and the
elephant, above all). These ideas not only shaped specific
landscapes in India, but also fed the imagination of a global
audience throughout the British empire. The material in this
engaging text ranges from river landscapes and tea plantations to
elephants and bejeweled Indian princes, shedding light on how the
concepts of picturesque beauty and pleasure were diversified in
India, sometimes dramatically beyond their conventional parameters.
Exquisitely illustrated with unusual and beautiful images, Under
the Banyan Tree is both a starting point for examining the function
of the picturesque and an insightful addition to scholarship
investigating British art and empire in the 18th and 19th
centuries. Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in
British Art
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