Tantra Art : its Philosophy & Physics
Tipologia Fonte testuale
Datazione
- Data (da)
- 01/01/1967
- Data (a)
- 31/12/1967
Tipologia di fonte
- Primaria
Tipologia di testo
- Testo di estetica
Sede
- Monografia
Titolo
- Tantra Art : its Philosophy & Physics
Descrizione
Estratto (cap. 1) dalla celebre monografia sull'arte tantrica di Ajit Mookerjiee, pubblicata dal gallerista ed editore di Nuova Delhi Ravi Kumar nel 1967. Il volume di Mookerjiee divenne, tra il volgere degli anni Sessanta e il decennio successivo, un vero e proprio libro di culto in Europa e negli States, attirando l'attenzione di antropologi e storici delle arti extra-eruopee, ma anche di artisti, galleristi, designers, guadagnandosi una ristampa già nel 1971
Data (testuale)
- 01-01-1967 - 31-12-1967
Note alla data
- Prima ed. 1967; ristampa 1970-1971
Analisi fonte testuale (AI)
- 1) Archetipale: "Tantric art has always tried to integrate forms into geometrical and architectural patterns, the archetypes. The Bhagavata Purana says: 'He perceives through the geometrical lines the forms he is to sculpture.'" | Elementare: "The universal adoption of an elementary formal idiom from time immemorial seems to be in conformity with India's abandonment of external reality for inner searching." | Naturale: "Broad universality of impersonal form and content, and close relation to nature predestine this art to wide recognition and general acceptance." | "Natural attraction is exhibited by opposite magnetic forces and electric charges." | Primario: "Study of the yantras or diagrams will show that each primary geometrical figure can be induced to provide a series of linear and spatial proportions each one of which belongs essentially to all figures of the same shape." | Primordiale: "Indian artists, or more precisely, Tantric shilpi-yogins, have conceived this realization in terms of dimension—sabda—the primordial sound substratum as a form of monosyllabic mantra" | "Every conjunction of opposites produces bliss (ananda) and ends in the rediscovery of primordial spontaneity." | Tradizionale: "This science was the traditional possession of a few initiates who formed a closed circle and who guarded it with great care, permitting none save qualified aspirants to have access to it." | "Although the style, influenced by different traditions, may vary, the fundamental language of art expression is understood everywhere." | Arcaico: "The formal idiom is drawn from a life that has retained its ancient simplicity despite the passage of time." | "Alice Boner, in analysing the sculptured panels in the ancient cave temples of India, has pointed out that they reveal geometrical diagrams of analogous concentric construction."