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27 May 2011 – 18 March 2012
MEG | Conches
Through a selection of exceptional objects and documents, the exhibition "Flavours of the Arts" looks at the close relationship between music, painting and film in the culture of Northern India.
The arts are seen as dynamic processes reflecting changes in a society which is both anchored in its traditions and receptive to modern impulses.
It teems with forms and styles which show the vitality of a culture in continual metamorphosis.
Classical India produced many treatises on aesthetics. They often expound the theory of the nine flavours (nava rasa) underlying the emotions, which are thought to be inherent in all artistic expression. It was in the time of the Mughal Empire, from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century, that court artists and musicians developed the most refined applications of this theory, as is shown by the miniatures and instruments in the first section of the exhibition.
Are there equivalents to be found in the folk traditions of rural India or in recent Indian films? Visitors will find clues as they explore the second section presenting pictures sung by Bengali village women and then plunge into the resolutely contemporary world of the Bollywood film studios.
Through its original approach and extensive use of audiovisual documents, the exhibition calls on all the senses. Its rich and varied content invites visitors to taste the many flavours of the arts in India.
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