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Tantra

Enlightenment to revolution


  • Thames & Hudson
  • Expo: 23/04/2020 - 26/07/2020, British Museum, London
  • by Imma Ramos
Tantra: Enlightenment to Revolution offers a compelling insight into a movement that has influenced and intrigued the world for more than a millennium. It accompanies a major exhibition at the British Museum, exploring masterpieces of sculpture, painting, prints and ritual objects from the 8th century CE to the present, not only from India, but also from Nepal, Tibet, China, Japan, UK and the US.

ISBN 9780500480625 | E | HB
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Publisher Thames & Hudson
ISBN 9780500480625
Author(s) Imma Ramos
Publication date September 2020
Edition Hardback
Dimensions 280 x 230 mm
Illustrations 213 col.ill. | 200 col. & bw ill.
Pages 320
Language(s) Eng. ed.
Exhibition British Museum, London
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Tantra: enlightenment to revolution explores the radical philosophy that transformed the religious, cultural and political landscape of India and beyond. Originating in early medieval India, Tantra has been linked to successive waves of revolutionary thought – from its 6th-century transformation of Hinduism and Buddhism to the Indian fight for independence and the global rise of 1960s counterculture.
Centring on the power of divine feminine energy, Tantra inspired the dramatic rise of goddess worship in medieval India and has gone on to influence contemporary feminist thought and artistic practice. Presenting masterpieces of sculpture, painting, prints and ritual objects from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Tibet, Japan, the UK and the USA, this publication offers new insights into a philosophy that has captured our imagination for more than a millennium.


Imma Ramos is a curator of the South Asia collections at the British Museum.

Tantra

Tantra

€50.50