| Publisher |
Niyogi Books |
| Publication Year |
2013 |
| ISBN-13 |
9789381523520 |
| ISBN-10 |
9789381523520 |
| Binding |
Hardcover |
| Number of Pages |
258 Pages |
| Language |
(English) |
| Dimensions (Cms) |
28.5* 22*2.4 |
| Weight (grms) |
1375 |
Nicholas Roerich continues to arouse the interest of extensive scholarship, both adulatory and critical. Some give him the status of a demigod, while others relegate him to being a maverick, an adventurer with megalomaniacal delusions, a dabbler in spiritual ideas of unsubstantiated depth. Controversies aside, the question often asked is: what is the draw and pull of a man who was, in his final avatar, a painter of mountains? This anthology of essays on the artist seeks to answer just this. The contributors—scholars, disciples, practitioners—have looked at Roerich’s life from varying perspectives to explain his multi-faceted personality. Through these writings, one hopes to come to a holistic understanding of the man and his times.
Manju Kak
Manju Kak is a writer, critic, scholar and artist. For two decades, through word, image, research and curatorial themes, she has explored the many unique aspects of Himalayan life. This pursuit led her to make the documentary, They Who Walked Mountains (2002). She has edited the book Nicholas Roerich: A Quest & Legacy (2011) and curated an ethnographic exhibition titled Kashmiri Pandits, A Vintage Album: The Making of Modern India (2013). As a painter, her last show to date was Ranikhet State of Mind (2016).
Her PhD is in the History of Art from the National Museum, New Delhi. A few of her artworks are in private and public collections in India and Hong Kong. Her short stories have won acclaim. They include First Light in Colonelpura (1992), Requiem for an Unsung Revolutionary (1995) and Just One Life and Other Stories (2015).
Manju Kak
Niyogi Books