Lavrenova Olga Aleksandrovna – Doctor of Philosophy, Candidate of Geographical Sciences, Leading Researcher at the Institute of Scientific Information for Social Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor at the University of Science and Technology at the Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys, Russia, Moscow, olgalavr@mail.ru
The works of Nicholas Roerich was studied during his lifetime, but an integrated approach to his legacy was formed at the end of the twentieth century and such a direction of scientific research as Roerich studies appeared. Pavel Belikov was the founder and classic of Roerichs studies, and Lyudmila Shaposhnikova became the scientist who most fully and deeply illuminated all facets of the work of the great artist and his family. In the work of Lyudmila Shaposhnikova, as a researcher of the Roerichs’ heritage, there is a lot of natural harmony with them, especially with the activities of Nicholas Roerich is about travel, culture, grandiose public projects. One of the fateful milestones on which their work is built is the culture of India, which has long been a symbol of spirituality and a center of attraction for the Russian creative elite. This symbol has a real foundation, because the Vedic and Buddhist culture of India allows open-minded researchers to come into contact with its high spiritual values. Central Asia is no less important in the spiritual system of Roerich’s heritage. But for Westerners, the primary sources of the innermost knowledge of the East are difficult to access and obscure. The Roerichs’ creativity played the role of a translator, bringing Russia and the East closer together and allowing them to better understand each other. And Lyudmila Shaposhnikova introduced it into scientific circulation, revealing various aspects of this connection for researchers.
Nicholas Roerich; Lyudmila Shaposhnikova; culture; space; time.
Download textFor citing: Lavrenova O.A. (2024). Travel as an epiphany: space, culture and time in the works of Nicholas Roerich and Lyudmila Shaposhnikova. Human being: Image and essence. Humanitarian aspects. Moscow: INION RAN. Vol. 1(57). Р. 175-194. DOI: 10.31249/chel/2024.01.10