Resumen de 'An Indian Renascence' and the rise of global modernism: William Rothenstein in India, 1910-11
The writer discusses the trip made by the English artist William Rothenstein to India in fall 1910 and its influence on his work. This trip was what Rothenstein called a “pilgrimage” to draw and paint both India's ancient temples and rapidly modernizing urban centers. During this journey, he observed “an Indian Renascence” in full swing among the country's younger generation of artists, the result of a profound and general resurgence of Asian cultural awareness. This artistic “Renascence” was based on traditional approaches to painting, and it was the 2,000-year-old Buddhist frescos at Ajanta that finally drew Rothenstein there later in the year. The writer describes the artist's journey in detail and the contributions he made to the “Indian Renascence.”
