On the paths of enlightenment : the myth of India in Western culture, 1808-2017 /

On the paths of enlightenment : the myth of India in Western culture, 1808-2017 /

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Edition:	First edition.
Imprint:	Milano, Italy : Skira, 2017. ©2017
Description:	669 pages : illustrations (some color), photographs, portraits ; 25 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Civilization, Western -- Indic influences -- 19th century -- Exhibitions. Civilization, Western -- Indic influences -- 20th century -- Exhibitions. Civilization, Western -- Indic influences -- 21st century -- Exhibitions. Orientalism -- History. Civilization. Civilization, Western -- Indic influences. Orientalism. India -- In art. India -- Civilization -- 19th century. India -- Civilization -- 20th century. India -- Civilization -- 21st century. India. Exhibition catalogs. Essays. Illustrated works. Art. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11411947

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Other authors / contributors:	Schenini, Elio, editor, curator. MacLean, Howard, translator. Burns, Robert (Translator), translator. Evans, Christopher Huw, translator. Ronayne, Dominic, translator. Skira (Firm), publisher. Museo d'arte della Svizzera italiana, host institution. On the Paths of Enlightenment : The Myth of India in Western Culture, 1808-2017 (24 September 2017-21 January 2018 : Lugano, Switzerland)
ISBN:	9788857236667 8857236668
Provenance:	As issued, in green cloth with stamped gold text on cover and spine.
Notes:	"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. Text in English.
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."

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Summary:	In 1808, the book On the Language and Wisdom of the Indians by Friedrich Schlegel opened the West's new and ever-intense curiosity for India and its extraordinary civilization. Beginning with Schlegel and the subsequent reflections on Hinduism and Buddhism by Schopenhauer, followed in the early decades of the 20th century by the literary works of Hermann Hesse and the anthropological analyses of Carl Gustav Jung, India and its millenary traditions have in fact seduced countless intellectuals and artists in the West. Based on these experiences, often matured in German art, that "myth of India" slowly grew and conquered the youth around the globe in the 1960s and 1970s. Fifty years after 1968, the theme of the "trip across India", a real or imaginary experience where the spiritual restlessness of entire generations unfolded, makes a comeback in this publication, issued for the exhibition by the same title at the Museo d'arte della Svizzera italiana in Lugano. This publication covers the history of the West's "fascination with India" through a wealth of illustrations and impressive contributions by various authors who linger upon multiple fields of this fascination that was expressed from art to literature, music to religion, history of customs to psychology. What results is a singular and evocative itinerary, full of stimuli, across these past two centuries of Western culture, boasting illustrious figures such as Schopenhauer, Kipling, Salgari, Redon, Gustave Moreau, Mata Hari, Kirchner, Hesse, Jung, Cartier Bresson, Le Corbusier, Ginsberg, Pasolini, Sottsass, the Beatles, Rauschenberg, Francesco Clemente, Luigi Ontani.
Item Description:	"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.
Physical Description:	669 pages : illustrations (some color), photographs, portraits ; 25 cm
ISBN:	9788857236667 8857236668
Place of Publication:	Italy -- Lombardy -- Milan.