Selected Papers of Coomaraswamy, Volume 1 Traditional Art and Symbolism

A collection of important essays by a pioneering interpreter of Indian art, philosophy, and mythology

“Brilliant.”—Joseph Campbell, author of The Hero with a Thousand Faces

“Varied, imaginative, incredibly learned. . . . Fascinating.”—John Kenneth Galbraith, New York Times Book Review

Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (1877–1947) was a pioneer in the study of Indian art, philosophy, and mythology—and in the cultural meeting of East and West. A scholar in the tradition of the great Indian grammarians and philosophers, an art historian convinced that the ultimate value of art transcends history, and a social thinker influenced by William Morris, Coomaraswamy was a unique figure whose works provide virtually a complete education in themselves. Finding a universal tradition in past cultures ranging from the Hellenic and Christian to the Indian, Islamic, and Chinese, he presented his ideas in numerous essays. This volume includes a selection of his essays on art and symbolism that were written in the 1930s and 1940s, when he was at the height of his powers.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Ananda K. Coomaraswamy Edited by Roger Lipsey

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Ananda K. Coomaraswamy
• Mitarbeit: Lipsey Robert E. (Herausgeber), Roger Lipsey (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Princeton University Press
• Inhalt: Buch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 17.02.2026
• Thema: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Kunst > Kunstgeschichte
• EAN: 9780691277509
• ISBN: 978-0-691-27750-9
• Anzahl Seiten: 624
• Serie: Bollingen Series; Bollingen Recollections
• Themen: Ornament, Buddha, Operation, Primitive, Lotus, Ritual, Buddhist, Dante, Literature, Plato, Christ, RELIGION / Spirituality, PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, ART / History / General, Meister Eckhart, Folk Art, CHRISTIAN, Aesthetic, ART / Asian / General, Heaven, History of art / art & design styles, Patron, Eckhart, Divine, contemplation, Axis Mundi, Imitation, Spirituality & religious experience, Brahman, History of Art, Der Baum, Christian Art, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Distinction, Natura Naturans, cosmic, Indra, Spirituality and religious experience, Oriental art, East Asian and Indian philosophy, Oriental & Indian philosophy, metaphysical, Human nature, iconography, Augustine, doctrine, Mediaeval, Arthurian romance, Buddhist art, Chariot, Coomaraswamy, Études traditionelles, Sacrificial, Reductione artium ad, Primitive mentality, Axle tree, Adequate symbolism, Holmberg der baum, Eckhart evans ed, aesthetic contemplation, Actus primus, Holmberg der, Fiery energy, Lévy bruhl, Climbing rites, Rg veda, Active door, Hermes lib, Der baum des, chuang tzu, Reductione artium, Evans ed, Clashing rocks, Asiatic art, Merely aesthetic, Aesthetic surfaces, Janua coeli, Scholastic philosophy, Implies, Baum des, Bull eye