photograph
courtesy The Magic of India
Treviso:
Casa dei Carraresi - The Magic of India Exhibition. At the Casa dei Carraresi
in Treviso, The Magic of India: from the Temple to the Court, Masterpieces of
Indian Art exhibition, until May 31st 2014, is curated by Adriano Madaro, Renzo
Freschi and Marilia Albanese. For the first time in Italy an exhibition
dedicated to India covers the period from the 2nd millennium BC to the time of
the Maharajas. Architectural elements, miniatures, photographs, everyday and
ritual objects, costumes, textiles, jewels, statues and reliefs from important
museums and private collections are displayed in recreations of their original
settings.
Above: The
Sultan Ala-ud-din Khilji, 1815/1820, miniature, hills of Punjab.
photograph
by manfredi bellati
The Magic
of India Exhibition - Press Conference. Curators, sponsors and dignitaries at
the press conference. Holding a copy of her book Rosa Maria Cimino, Franco
Ricca, director of the Museum of the Arti
Orientale in Turin, Anna Maria Quagliotti, co-curators Renzo Freschi and
Adriano Madaro, sponsor and president of the Fondazione Cassamarca Dino De
Poli, co-curator Marilia Albanese and Gianni Garatti president of the Treviso
tourism consortium.
photograph
by manfredi bellati
Buddha with Two Bodhisattvas: Eastern India,
Pala dynasty 10-11th C., Basalt.
Buddha
Head: Northern India, Mathura Kushana dynasty, 3rd C., sandstone.
Renzo
Freschi and Franco Ricca visit the exhibition, they are looking at Stupa Votive
Reliquary, Gandhara region, 2-3rd C., rock crystal.
Co-curator
Marilia Albanese.
Dakshina
Kali: Kali, the “Black”, terrible form of Goddess, is standing on Shiva’s body,
Northern India, 19th C., tempera on paper.
Krishna and
The Shepardesses (Gopi): Northern India, Rajasthan, 18th C., pigment and gold
leaf on cotton. This work is also the
cover of beautiful catalogue, The Magic of India: from the Temple to the Court,
Masterpieces of Indian Art published by Edizioni Sigillvm.
The Magic
of India: The architects of the Milanese studio AL14 Marco Sala, Giovanna
Colombo and Gloria Zanardo, who curated the display. The exhibition is divided
into two sections: “The Art of Classical India” and “The India of the
Maharajas”. In Indian culture the two poles of the Temple and the Court are in
no sense contradictory, and are not be seen in the typically Western dualistic
terms of the sacred and the profane.
photograph
courtesy The Magic of India
The
Maharaja of Amar Singh II and a Concubine:
Northern India, southern
Rajasthan, Mewar School, 1698-1710, tempera on paper.
Female
Torso: Central India, 10-11th C., sandstone.
photograph
by manfredi bellati
The
Maharaja Jaswant Singh with the Maharani: Northern India, Rajasthan, C.1880,
oil on canvas.
Magnificent
Weaves: with Jain Procession Altar in the foreground.
Detail of
Lehenga, Ceremonial Skirt with Peacocks, Northern India, Rajasthan, silk and
gold decoration.
Magnificent Weaves: Sushama
Swarup curator of the Magnificent Weaves section, she is an expert in Indian
culture, textiles and antique costumes from the Awadh region.
Images of a
Bygone Age: Prints made from late 19th C. photographic glass plates.
Images of a
Bygone Age: Prints made from late 19th C. photographic glass plates.
Phad,
Painted Backdrop of the Wandering Minstrels, with the story of Pubuji: Northern
India, Rajasthan, 19th C., painted cotton.