"This publication appears on the occasion of the exhibition 'On the Paths of Enlightenment : The Myth of India in Western Culture 1808-2017,' presented at the Museo d'arte della Svizzera italiana (MASI Lugano) from September 24, 2017 to January 21, 2018"--page 670. Exhibition, "On the Paths of Enlightenment : The Myth of India in Western Culture 1808-2017" : September 24, 2017-January 21, 2018, Museo d'arte della Svizzera italiana, Lugano, Switzerland. Includes bibliographical references (pages 660-664) and index.
Contents:
Exploring India's Hidden Mysteries: Alice Boner's Study of Indian Art : Nijinsky: a Blue God on Stage -- Salgari and Kipling: the Irresistible Allure of India in Fin-de-Siecle Adventure Novels -- An Indian Dream. Henri Rousseau's La charmeuse de serpents -- India becomes popular / Johannes Beltz, Andrea Kuratli -- The Prospect of an Asian Renaissance: on the Theory of the Ancient / Peter Sloterdijk -- Spirituality: East and West / Peter van de Veer -- The Rise of Ancient India in Modern Germany / Douglas T. McGetchin -- India: a Consideration of European Perspectives / Pradeep Chakkarath -- 'Totally new to the eye of an Englishman': the British Artist in India, 1750-1900 / Romita Ray -- The Origins of Photography in South Asia: Selected Themes / Joachim K. Bautze -- Gustave Moreau, or the Dream of India / Marie-Cécile Forest -- The India of Georges Gasté : Vasilij Vereščagin: the Horrors of Colonialism under a Cobalt Blue Sky -- Edwin Lord Weeks: an American Painter on a Journey from the Black Sea to India -- Swoboda and Indian Portraits for the Queen -- Albert Besnard. In India under a Blood-Red Sun -- The Buddhas of Odilon Redon -- Le Chariot de Terre Cuite -- Rodin and Śiva's Cosmic Dance / Aude de Tocqueville -- Indian Influences on Modern Dance in the West / Diana Brenscheidt -- Exploring India's Hidden Mysteries: Alice Boner's Study of Indian Art : Nijinsky: a Blue God on Stage -- Salgari and Kipling: the Irresistible Allure of India in Fin-de-Siecle Adventure Novels -- An Indian Dream. Henri Rousseau's La charmeuse de serpents -- India becomes popular / Johannes Beltz, Andrea Kuratli -- The Hippie Trail / Matteo Guarnaccia -- The Reception of Yoga in Alternative Cultures at the Beginning of the 20th Century / Bernd Wedemeyer-Kolwe -- Carl Gustav Jung and India / Giovanni V.R. Sorge -- A Key to the Heart of the World / Eva Zimmermann -- Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and the Wall Paintings of Ajanta / Magdalena M. Moeller -- Alexej von Jawlensky: a Divine Dialogue / Angelika Jawlensky -- A Painter Facing Impenetrable Green. Karl IIofer's Journeys to India -- Brancusi and the Temple of Meditation / Christoph Otterbeck -- Eckart Muthesius: Housing India in Modern Style : The Indian Tomb -- A Country to Visit -- Walter Bosshard: Images from a Country Struggling for Independence / Reto Niggl -- Alain Danielou and India. A Path of Integration and Freedom -- Henri Cartier-Bresson and Gandhi's Funeral / Adrián Navigante -- Planning Chandigarh. The Promise and the Challenges : Alexander Calder in India -- Pasolini, Moravia, Manganelli: Italian Writers on the Streets of India -- Allen Ginsberg, Guru of the Counterculture / Maristella Casciato -- The Hippie Trail / Matteo Guarnaccia -- Bibliography. Ferdinando Scianna -- Towards a Register of Raga Rock : Ravi Shankar: the Father of World Music -- The Beatles in India -- Kali and the Rolling Stones' Tongue -- Minimal Raga / Dubravko Pusek -- Ettore Sottsass, India and Ceramics as Tools for Meditation / Catharine Rossi -- As Visible from the Outside: Western Filmmakers and India : Yervant Gianikian and Ange la Ricci Lucchi: Barbaric Tourism -- Robert Rauschenberg's Jammers -- Frank Stella's Indian Birds -- Bruce Conner's Mandalas -- Richard Long and the art of the Warlis -- The Timeless Art of Wolfgang Laib / Jhaveri Shanay -- Ontani, the Last Maharaja / Stefano Malatesta -- No Other Ground / Beth Citron -- What Is Left of the Indian Hope / Federico Rampini -- Journey to Benares -- Michael Ackerman, Benares: a City for the End of Time / Ferdinando Scianna -- Bibliography.
Summary:
"With the publication of 'On the Language and Wisdom of India' by Friedrich Schlegel in 1808 there emerged in the West a new and increased curiosity for India and its extraordinary civilization. Starting out from the reflections regarding Hinduism and Buddhism by Schopenhauer, in turn followed in the first decades of the 20th century by the literary works fo Hermann Hesse and the anthropological analyses by Carl Gustav Jung, with its thousand-years-old traditions and its spirituality India seduced a multitude of western intellectuals and artists who in this country identified one of the most important cradles of human civilization. During the last two centuries this gave rise to the creation of that myth of India which captured the imagination of the international young generations of the 1960s and 1970s. This volume retraces the history of this Indian fascination on the part of the western world by way of an extensive iconographic compilation and numerous contributions by various authors who examine the manifold spheres in which this fascination expressed itself in ranging from art to literature, music, religion, the history of customs and psychology. The result is a very singular itinerary covering the last two centuries of western culture in which among the many others involved we can find Schopenhauer, Kipling, Salgari, Redon, Gustave Moreau, Mata Hari, Kirchner, Hesse, Jung, Cartier-Bresson, Le Corbusier, Ginsberg, Pasolini, Sottsass, The Beatles, Rauschenberg, Luigi Ontani and Francesco Clemente." --publisher's descriptionon back cover.
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