The Door in the Sky

Coomaraswamy on Myth and Meaning

By:

Ananda K. Coomaraswamy

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Bollingen Series

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Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (1877-1947) was a pioneer in Indian art history and in the cultural confrontation 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 collated his ideas and symbols of ancient wisdom into the sometimes complex, always rewarding pattern of essays. The Door in the Sky is a collection of the author's writings on myth drawn from his Metaphysics and Traditional Art and Symbolism, both originally published in Bollingen Series. These essays were written while Coomaraswamy was curator in the department of Asiatic Art of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, where he built the first large collection of Indian art in the United States.

Author Biography:

Rama P. Coomaraswamy, the son of Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, is a medical doctor.

Release date NZ

January 4th, 1998

Author

Ananda K. Coomaraswamy

Audiences

Professional & Vocational
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Contributor

Edited by Rama P. Coomaraswamy

Pages

296

Series

Bollingen Series

Dimensions

152x229x16

ISBN-13

9780691017471

Product ID

3777661

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