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Nicholas Roerich - a Quest and a Legacy Edited by Dr Invitation Cultural Wing of the High Commission of India 8 South Audley Street, Mayfair London W1K 1HF, United Kingdom Tel. +44 (0)20 7491 3567 The Nehru Centre, Niyogi Books and Kodansha Europe sincerely hope you will be able to join us for Lectures and a Panel Discussion in Celebration of the Publication of a new book of essays by prominent scholars and contributors entitled Nicholas Roerich - A Quest and A Legacy Edited by Dr. Manju Kak at The Nehru Centre 8 South Audley Street, Mayfair, London on Thursday, September 5th 2013 at 6:30 pm. Refreshments will be served. Doors will be open from 5:45 pm (see below for further details) Portrait of Nicholas Roerich in a Tibetan Robe by Svetoslav Roerich, 1933. In the Nicholas Roerich Museum, New York. R.S.V.P. Nicholas Roerich - A Quest & A Legacy If you are able to join us, it would be most helpful if you CONTENTS could let us know at: [email protected] An Introduction - Manju Kak Nicholas Roerich: Artist and Messiah - Madhavan K. Palat What is the draw and pull of a man Glimpses of Inner Asia - Suchandana Chatterjee who was a mystic, a painter of moun- tains and a formulator of transcenden- A Caravan in Time and Space - L.V. Shaposhnikova tal philosophies of great depth? Nich- Luminosity and the Natural Mind - Andrea Loseries olas Roerich continues to arouse the interest of extensive scholarship, both The Central Asian Expedition - A.V. Stecenko adulatory and critical. Some give him The Mountain of the Five Treasures - Ringee Eden Wangdi the status of a demigod, while others The Chintamani Stone - Ian Heron relegate him to being a maverick, an adventurer with megalomaniacal de- Conditional Love - John McCannon lusions. Nicholas K. Roerich’s (Nikolai Meeting my Master - Sinna Fosdick Konstantinovich Rerikh) body of work The Roerich Family and Altai - A.V. Ivanov & I.V. Fotieva sought to inquire into the common roots of the Russian peoples’ Slavic Diamond of Consciousness - V. Khvorostov heritage, their Celtic, Viking and Mon- The Roerich Pact and the Banner of Peace - M. Koutsarova gol traditions; his ‘theatrical’ phase is expressed in his murals and decorative The Roerich Pact Committee in India - M. Koutsarova panels. Roerich’s arrival in Bombay Living Ethics - Marina Bernardi with his family in 1923 was followed Across the Gobi Desert - Ruth Drayer by his ‘mountain phase’, resulting in transcendental paintings of the Hima- Mysticism and the Art of Roerich - Lokesh Chandra layas, with figures of saints, prophets and hierarchs. The Legend of Shambala - Tashi Paljor September 2013 The Transcendant as Theatre in Roerich’s Paintings - Joe Troncale The contributors to this excellent new work offer a highly illus- trated examination of Roerich the man, his development, his 284 x 222 mm Nicholas Roerich: Artist and Humanist - Shri Prakash works, his beliefs and his influences from a variety of different 257pp; 129 colour Nicholas Roerich: Influences & Experiences - Ven. Doboom Tulku perspectives. In doing so they contribute greatly to our appreci- illustrations ation of Roerich; they also explain his multi-faceted personality The Roerich Pact: Original Collaborators - Kenneth Archer and help us achieve a holistic understanding of the man. Urusvati: Himalayan Research Institute - Mikhail Chiryatyev £30 Hardcover; jacket REVIEW COPIES SUPPLIED ON REQUEST: [email protected] 978-93-81523-52-0 Alexander Nevsky by Nicholas Roerich, 1942. Great Spirit of the Himalayas by Nicholas Roerich, 1942. In the International Centre of the Roerichs, Moscow. In the Nicholas Roerich Museum, New York. Chairperson Dr. Millicent Hodson (choreographer and dance historian) Panelists Dr Manju Kak (art historian, essayist and novelist; editor of the book) Dr Kenneth Archer (art historian & Roerich expert; contributor to the book) Mr Ian Heron (architect; applied arts & designer; contributor to the book) Mr Peter Buxton (radionics & agni yoga practitioner) Manju Kak and Kenneth Archer will give Lectures on Roerich; Ian Heron will speak on the Chintamani Stone, and Peter Buxton will speak on Roerich in the contemporary world. Distributor: Publisher: Kodansha Europe Ltd. 40 Stockwell Street, Greenwich Nicholas Roerich and his son Svetoslav, with Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi London SE10 8EY, U.K. and Mohammad Yunus; Naggar, India, 1942. [email protected] \ (0)20 8293 0111.
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