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Sinharaja Tammita-Delgoda

George Keyt: The Absence of a Desired Image

George Keyt: The Absence of a Desired Image

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Type: Hardback
ISBN: 9789554379510

The latest release on the world famous George Keyt by the renowned historian and explorer Dr. Sinharaja Tammita Delgoda. Limited edition

Authored by Dr SinhaRaja Tammita-Delgoda, Sri Lanka’s leading art historian, and published by the Taprobane Collection, one of Sri Lanka’s most extensive collections of art, George Keyt: The Absence of a Desired Image places Keyt in the context of his times, focusing on areas that have not been studied in relation to his career.

The book features paintings, photographs, illustrations, and images hitherto unpublished and archive material hitherto undocumented in previous studies on Keyt. Crucially, it features interviews with people who knew or knew of Keyt, including the historian K. M. de Silva and the American anthropologist Ellen Dissanayake, as well as Dr Sarath Amunugama, Godfrey Gunatilleke, Tilak Samarawickrema, and Keyt’s daughter Diana.

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