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- 216pagine
- 8 ore di lettura
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In this comprehensive study of Tantric art, Philip Rawson invites us to join a meditative and visual exploration of the self and the universe. Originating in India in 600 AD and increasingly linked with recent trends of Western art, Tantra is a metaphysical fusion of eroticism, mathematics, and magic, a diffuse worldview in which the cult of ecstasy reigns. It is through the astonishing collection of illustrations in the book--sixteenth century engravings of the process of Creative Generation, reliefs of Hindu goddesses made for worship, a Tibetan magician's costume made of human bone--that Rawson makes accessible the mystical and fundamentally undefinable world of Tantra. 169 illus., 25 in color. "A book to have for beauty and interest, which may well be a guide to an understanding of life." --Arts Review
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The Art of Tantra, Philip S. Rawson
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- Pubblicato
- 1978
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- Titolo
- The Art of Tantra
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- Philip S. Rawson
- Editore
- Thames & Hudson
- Pubblicato
- 1978
- Formato
- In brossura
- Pagine
- 216
- ISBN10
- 0500201668
- ISBN13
- 9780500201664
- Serie
- Tag
- Saggistica, Arte / Cultura, Esoterismo e religione, Temi religiosi, Religione, Arte, Storia e teoria dell’arte, Storia dell'arte, Indie
- Valutazione
- 3,6 su 5
- Descrizione
- In this comprehensive study of Tantric art, Philip Rawson invites us to join a meditative and visual exploration of the self and the universe. Originating in India in 600 AD and increasingly linked with recent trends of Western art, Tantra is a metaphysical fusion of eroticism, mathematics, and magic, a diffuse worldview in which the cult of ecstasy reigns. It is through the astonishing collection of illustrations in the book--sixteenth century engravings of the process of Creative Generation, reliefs of Hindu goddesses made for worship, a Tibetan magician's costume made of human bone--that Rawson makes accessible the mystical and fundamentally undefinable world of Tantra. 169 illus., 25 in color. "A book to have for beauty and interest, which may well be a guide to an understanding of life." --Arts Review