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
