Nicholas Roerich - prolific artist and writer, renowned philosopher, teacher and explorer - relates the remarkable encounters and events of his travels through central Asia and Tibet at the turn of the century. Through his detailed diary notes and the chronicling of legends and parables, he reveals [...]

Nicholas K. Roerich's body of work sought to inquire into the common roots of the Russian peoples' Slavic heritage, their pre-Christian, that is, Celtic, Viking and Mongol traditions, and blood ties; his theatrical phase (especially in the 1920s) is seen in his oversized murals and decorative panels[...]