Ilustrando Nepāl en el siglo XIX. El dibujo de Raj Man Singh Chitrakar
During the 19th and 20th centuries, when the Himalayas’ political frontiers were closed to foreign interference, the few European scientists fortunate enough to venture into the valley of Nepāl usually did so along with a group of Indian or Nepalese citrakār artists. They contributed to the developm...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2023 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad Rey Juan Carlos |
| Repositorio: | BURJC-Digital. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Rey Juan Carlos |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:burjcdigital.urjc.es:10115/42213 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/10115/42213 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Nepal Ilustración Dibujo Cooperación científica Historia de la ciencia Etnografía Souvenir |
| Sumario: | During the 19th and 20th centuries, when the Himalayas’ political frontiers were closed to foreign interference, the few European scientists fortunate enough to venture into the valley of Nepāl usually did so along with a group of Indian or Nepalese citrakār artists. They contributed to the development of scientific knowledge of the flora, fauna and cultures of the Himalayas, thanks to their extraordinary drawing skills. The following article focuses on the figure of the British, naturalist and ethnologist, Brian Houghton Hodgson, concerning his studies on Himalayan biology and the newār Buddhist culture. In order to do so, it analyses the graphic work of the artist who accompanied him, Raj Man Singh Chitrakar, the first Nepali illustrator openly recognized for having been specialized in the western technique. Although the aim of these illustrations was merely scientific at an initial stage, it is concluded that this trend would constitute a first step towards the representation of the nepaliness, or the country’s national culture. The foreign visitor and his idea of Nepal, as an exotic and oriental country, introduce a new pattern of Nepalese contemporary art as a souvenir. |
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