https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/03/20/the-artists-of-the-east-india-company/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Wed, 20 Mar 2024 18:41:37 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/03/20/the-artists-of-the-east-india-company/#comment-1561052 Wed, 20 Mar 2024 18:41:37 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=199254#comment-1561052 Remember seeing Tipu Tiger on Blue Peter in the seventies. Sure John Noakes beat it to a pulp.
Fascinating machine.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/03/20/the-artists-of-the-east-india-company/#comment-1560928 Wed, 20 Mar 2024 07:50:11 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=199254#comment-1560928 I thought you might be interested to know that the Open University do an art history module called Art and its Global Histories with a unit specifically on Empire and Art: British India. The images above are all largely in the course content and there is a real focus on the way British art schools imposed their teaching on talented local artists, who then thrived when people like Lockwood Kipling introduced traditional skills into the curriculum. There is a section on the Great Exhibition India pavilion, Lutyens redesign of New Delhi, mogul rulers and topographical art as well as others. I found it a very exciting topic.

]]>