Nothing is Real: When the Beatles Met the East (Pb) - Softcover

Luca Beatrice

Softcover

ISBN 10: 8836633889 ISBN 13: 9788836633883

Publisher: Silvana Editoriale, 2018

Synopsis

• The journey that The Beatles made to India in 1968 is considered one of the key events for western pop culture

The journey that The Beatles made to India in 1968 caused an enormous stir in the international media and was fundamental in spreading a certain interest for the East that influenced music, literature, cinema, fashion and customs at the close of that decade.

The title, Nothing Is Real, is a famous lyric in The Beatles' song Strawberry Fields Forever, inviting people to search beyond appearances with a spiritual and metaphysical tension. The book invokes that extraordinary moment through reports from the period, historical photographs, artworks by international artists such as Ettore Sottsass, Alighiero Boetti, Francesco Clemente, Luigi Ontani, Aldo Mondino and Julian Schnabel, as well as through album, book and magazine covers..

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A journey that The Beatles made to India in August 1968 is considered one of the key events for western pop culture: it caused an enormous stir in the international media and was fundamental in spreading a certain interest for the East that influenced music, literature, cinema, fashion and customs from the close of that decade.
The book (whose title is reminiscent of a famous lyric in the song Strawberry Fields Forever, one that invites people into searching beyond appearances with a sort of spiritual and metaphysical tension) illustrates that extraordinary moment through historical photographs, reports from the period, works of art, in addition to album, book and magazine covers.

Edition details

• Publisher: Silvana Editoriale
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8836633889
• ISBN 13: 9788836633883
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176