which expanded and consolidated its colonial grip around the world during the institute’s formative years in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Among its aims, the institute sought to promote British ...

What are Colonial-style homes? Let's go over the history, the types of colonial homes from Georgian to Revival, and the dos ...

People in Africa were burdened by colonial perceptions of who they were. The British believed Africans were essentially different from Europeans and would stay that way. This point of view invited ...

This late-19th century robe from the Nuxalk people at Bella Coola is one of more than 60 treasures in the first-ever ...

The dark was an issue, too, with large windows a distinctive architectural feature as this northern country became a world power, colonial ... is a masterpiece of British architecture.

Most colonial administrators were profoundly influenced by Renaissance sensibilities, particularly in art and architecture ... One of the earliest schools in British India, St.

Historic Bridgetown and its Garrison, an outstanding example of British colonial architecture consisting of a well-preserved old town built in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, which testifies to the ...

The statement illuminates a presumption of British cultural supremacy in the colonial era. Baker, who joined Lutyens in Delhi to design the Secretariat Buildings and Parliament House, wrote separately ...