Colonialism Vocabulary Flashcards
Company colonialism
european travelers 1st came to india to trade
-trading companies set up in india in Factory Towns
The East India
Company
England’s trading company
factory / factory town
european enclaves, where they can live in their european ways and set up trades
Battle of Plassey (1757)
established british supremacy over bengal
-1st event depicted in paintings in south asia for europeans
Grant of the Diwani of
Bengal (1765)
what
Company painting
commissioned for the europeans
- entirely new kind of patrons for indian artists
- depicted plants, nature, temples
- indian life (what they did)
history painting
highest european type of painting
- depicted contemporary events around the time of their arrival to south asia
- “battle of plassey” 1st event depicted in paintings in south asia for europeans
The Indian Rebellion or
Mutiny of 1857
lead to the dissolution of the british e. india co.
-“high empire” followed, known as the British Raj
British Raj
also called the era of “high empire”
british rule in south asia (1858-1947)
durbar
the room in the palace of a native prince of India in which audiences and receptions occur.
Raja Ravi Varma (1848-
1906)
oil painter
- painted portraits of important people
- painting of women
- portraits of gods
Abanindranath Tagore
1871-1951
watercolor wash
oleograph
A lithographic print textured to resemble an oil painting
Swadeshi
own goods
Swaraj
own rule
khadi
a coarse homespun cotton cloth made in India
The Bengal School
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Bengali Renaissance
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bhadralok
the new class of ‘gentlefolk’ who arose during colonial times (approximately 1757 to 1947) in Bengal
1905 Partition of
Bengal
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Raisina Hill
hill that lutyens wanted to have the viceroys house at the top of
Raj Path
parade route thru city of new dehli
Sir Edwin Lutyens
1911
New Dehli
the viceroys house
the all india war memorial (india gate)
Herbert Baker
secretariate buildings
1911
