Question

in what way did the British history paintings in India reflect the attitude of imperial conquerors?

Answer 1

Imperial history paintings were an attempt to create a public memory of imperial triumphs. Victory was a thing which should be implanted in public memory; both Indian and British. Such paintings were used as tools to showcase the British as invincible and all powerful. The scenes were highly dramatized in such paintings and British soldiers were shown as destroying everything which represented India

Answer 2

Answer:

1. The British history paintings sought to dramatise and recreate various episodes of British imperial history.
2. These paintings celebrated the British: their power, their victories and their supremacy.
3. The imperial history paintings attempted to create a public memory of imperial triumphs.
4. Victories had to be remembered, implanted in the memory of people, both in India and Britain.
5. Only then could the British appear invincible and all-powerful.