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Selected Papers of Coomaraswamy, Volume 1: Traditional Art and Symbolism

Selected Papers of Coomaraswamy, Volume 1: Traditional Art and Symbolism

Coomaraswamy, Ananda K.
Lipsey, Roger

Hardcover

Series: Bollingen Recollections

PhilosophyArt HistoryAsian Art

ISBN10: 0691277494
ISBN13: 9780691277493
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: Feb 17 2026
Pages: 624
Weight: 2.30
Height: 1.50 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

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.

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