Stella Kramrisch, Sanskrit Texts and the Transcultural Project of Indic ‘Naturalism’
Stella Kramrisch’s 1924 English translation of the first printed Sanskrit text of the Citrasūtra (from Viṣṇudharmottara Purāṇa, 5th–9th century CE) made its mark on the nascent stage of art history and high nationalism in India. While translating this ancient treatise on Indian painting, she laid o...
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | deu |
| Published: |
arthistoricum.net
2024-12-01
|
| Series: | 21: Inquiries into Art, History, and the Visual |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/xxi/article/view/107513 |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| _version_ | 1846114447189344256 |
|---|---|
| author | Parul Dave Mukherji |
| author_facet | Parul Dave Mukherji |
| author_sort | Parul Dave Mukherji |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description |
Stella Kramrisch’s 1924 English translation of the first printed Sanskrit text of the Citrasūtra (from Viṣṇudharmottara Purāṇa, 5th–9th century CE) made its mark on the nascent stage of art history and high nationalism in India. While translating this ancient treatise on Indian painting, she laid open a possibility of theorizing around Indic naturalism. Her ethics of listening to the text and its mimetic terminology is heroic at a time when her contemporary art historian, A. K. Coomaraswamy, had taken pains to expungenaturalism from Indian art history as an alien framework. Revisiting Kramrisch’s translation today from the lens of transculturalism reveals her model of comparativism between western and Indian naturalism. It is particularly legible where Kramrisch confronted the most corrupt part of the text. My essay examines Kramrisch’s ‘cultural unconscious’ via these ‘mistranslations’ while exploring how her keen ethics of listening complicate the recent move towards decolonizing Indian art history.
|
| format | Article |
| id | doaj-art-6a7e22b5accc4f118cf7924c77de777a |
| institution | Kabale University |
| issn | 2701-1569 2701-1550 |
| language | deu |
| publishDate | 2024-12-01 |
| publisher | arthistoricum.net |
| record_format | Article |
| series | 21: Inquiries into Art, History, and the Visual |
| spelling | doaj-art-6a7e22b5accc4f118cf7924c77de777a2024-12-20T11:16:08Zdeuarthistoricum.net21: Inquiries into Art, History, and the Visual2701-15692701-15502024-12-015410.11588/xxi.2024.4.107513Stella Kramrisch, Sanskrit Texts and the Transcultural Project of Indic ‘Naturalism’Parul Dave Mukherji Stella Kramrisch’s 1924 English translation of the first printed Sanskrit text of the Citrasūtra (from Viṣṇudharmottara Purāṇa, 5th–9th century CE) made its mark on the nascent stage of art history and high nationalism in India. While translating this ancient treatise on Indian painting, she laid open a possibility of theorizing around Indic naturalism. Her ethics of listening to the text and its mimetic terminology is heroic at a time when her contemporary art historian, A. K. Coomaraswamy, had taken pains to expungenaturalism from Indian art history as an alien framework. Revisiting Kramrisch’s translation today from the lens of transculturalism reveals her model of comparativism between western and Indian naturalism. It is particularly legible where Kramrisch confronted the most corrupt part of the text. My essay examines Kramrisch’s ‘cultural unconscious’ via these ‘mistranslations’ while exploring how her keen ethics of listening complicate the recent move towards decolonizing Indian art history. https://journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/xxi/article/view/107513Stella KramrischAnanda Kentish CoomaraswamyIndic naturalismIndian art historyDecolonization |
| spellingShingle | Parul Dave Mukherji Stella Kramrisch, Sanskrit Texts and the Transcultural Project of Indic ‘Naturalism’ 21: Inquiries into Art, History, and the Visual Stella Kramrisch Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy Indic naturalism Indian art history Decolonization |
| title | Stella Kramrisch, Sanskrit Texts and the Transcultural Project of Indic ‘Naturalism’ |
| title_full | Stella Kramrisch, Sanskrit Texts and the Transcultural Project of Indic ‘Naturalism’ |
| title_fullStr | Stella Kramrisch, Sanskrit Texts and the Transcultural Project of Indic ‘Naturalism’ |
| title_full_unstemmed | Stella Kramrisch, Sanskrit Texts and the Transcultural Project of Indic ‘Naturalism’ |
| title_short | Stella Kramrisch, Sanskrit Texts and the Transcultural Project of Indic ‘Naturalism’ |
| title_sort | stella kramrisch sanskrit texts and the transcultural project of indic naturalism |
| topic | Stella Kramrisch Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy Indic naturalism Indian art history Decolonization |
| url | https://journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/xxi/article/view/107513 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT paruldavemukherji stellakramrischsanskrittextsandthetransculturalprojectofindicnaturalism |