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The Dance of Siva: Essays on Indian Art and Culture
In a series of 14 stimulating essays, a renowned historian unfolds India's vast cultural and philosophical traditions:its art,conception of the universe,social organization, and attitudes towardfamily, romantic love, and marriage. Ananda K. Coomaraswamy reveals the essence of the Indian experience, rooted in "a constant intuition" of the unity and harmony of life....more
Paperback, 192 pages
Published
September 14th 2011
by Dover Publications
(first published 1918)
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This book comprises a very interesting and diverse collection of essays by the author on a range of topics all falling under the broad heading of "Indian art and culture". The several essays on Indian art are full of important Perennialist ideas on the very nature of art, while important social ideas are set forth throughout the book, but most directly and valuably in "What Has India Contributed to Human Welfare?", "Status of Indian Women", "Young India", and the brief but powerful "Individualit...more
I read this book when I was in high school in India and it opened up many aspects of Indian art and culture that made me then and now informed about the deeper underlying meanings. Art historians debate Coomaraswamy today and certainly there has been much revision in dating. But there is no one who has opened so many doors on the metaphysics of Indian Art. Reading Coomaraswamy is a life-task.
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