A South Kensington Gateway from Gwalior to Nowhere.

Authors :: Spear, Jeffrey L.
Source :: SEL: Studies in English Literature (Johns Hopkins). Autumn2008, Vol. 48 Issue 4, p911-921. 10p. 2 Black and White Photographs.
Publication Year :: 2008
Abstract: An essay is presented regarding the imperial triumphalism of the 1886 Colonial and Indian Exhibition that featured colonial simulacra held in South Kensington Museum in India. It explores the failed intention of the Bristish colony to abolish the traditional arts of India. It cites that the Gwalior Gateway has illustrated the hybrid motives and motif of colonizer. The author contends that the Arts and Crafts ideology that was illustrated by the exhibition had a paradoxical effect.