Fantastic exhibition on yoga at the Smithsonian. wish i could be there. x Yoga: The Art of Transformation October 19, 2013–January 26, 2014 Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Yoga is a global phenomenon practiced by millions of people seeking spiritual insight and better health. Few, however, are aware of yogas dynamic history. Opening this fall at the Smithsonians Arthur M. Sackler Gallery is Yoga: The Art of Transformation, the worlds first exhibition of yogic art. Temple sculptures, devotional icons, vibrant manuscripts, and court paintings created in India over 2,000 years—as well as early modern photographs, books, and films—reveal yogas mysteries and illuminate its profound meanings. The exhibition borrows from twenty-five museums and private collections in India, Europe, and the United States. Highlights include an installation that reunites for the first time three monumental stone yogini goddesses from a tenth-century Chola temple; ten folios from the first illustrated compilation of asanas (yogic postures), made for a Mughal emperor in 1602, which have never before been exhibited together; and Thomas Edisons Hindoo Fakir (1906), the first movie ever produced about India. asia.si.edu/exhibitions/current/yoga.asp
Posted on: Sat, 19 Oct 2013 07:45:17 +0000
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