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1	Christian and Oriental philosophy of art more books like this by Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy add to wishlist 9 of the most famous essays by the preeminent philosopher and art historian, exploring such subjects as the true function of aesthetics in art and the importance of symbolism. see all copies from $2.49! new only from $13.96! \| SVS
2	History of Indian and Indonesian art more books like this by Ananda K Coomaraswamy add to wishlist Over 400 illustrations illuminate classic study of Indian art from earliest Harappa finds to early 20th century. Provides philosophical, religious and social insights. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $26.47! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Buddha and the Gospel of Buddhism more books like this by Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy add to wishlist The aim of this book is to set forth as simply as possible the gospel of Buddhism according to the Buddhist scriptures, and to consider the Buddhist systems in relation, on the one hand, to the Brahmanical systems in which they originate, and, on the other hand, to those systems of Christian mysticism which afford the nearest analogies. At the ... see all copies from $2.45! new only from $11.19! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Transformation of Nature in Art more books like this by Amanda K Coomaraswamy, Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy add to wishlist Impact of Oriental art, Philosophia perennis, Meister eckhardt, impact on iconography, art. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $19.96! \| SVS
5	Hinduism and Buddhism more books like this by Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy add to wishlist This is substantially enlarged edition of Coomaraswamys Essays on Hinduism and Buddhism origanally published in 1943 It incorporates the authors authentic revisions. The author opines that Hinduism is the oldest of the surviving mystery religions whose formulations are essentially the same as those of Platonism,Christianity,Toaism and other ... see all copies from $2.50! new only from $10.80! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Transformation of Nature in Art more books like this by Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy add to wishlist Coomaraswamy attempts to explain the theory behind medieval European and Asian art in India. The first principle of his theory is that art does not exist for its own sake; it exists as a mean to some religious conditions or experience. see all copies from $2.50! new only from $20.18! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	Essays in Architectural Theory more books like this by Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy, Michael W Meister (Editor) add to wishlist Ananda K. Coomaraswamy pioneered one form of cultural studies in India. One direction of his analysis of Indian civilization extended to Indian ideas and theories of architecture. This volume presents the essays that best represent Coomaraswamy's thought on the hermeneutics of Indian architecture, concentrating on its "why" not its "how". see all copies from $39.55! new only from $52.00! \| first editions
8	Mirror of Gesture more books like this by Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy, Nandikebsvara, Gopala K. Duggirala add to wishlist see all copies from $15.82! new only from $15.82! \| first editions
9	What is Civilisation?: And Other Essays more books like this by Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy add to wishlist Second volume of the "Collected Works of A.K.Coomaraswamy", this comprises 20 essays which ask fundamental questions about the history of art and civilization. see all copies from $5.94! new only from $16.95!
10	The Living Thoughts of Gotama the Buddha more books like this by I B Horner, Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy add to wishlist Scholarly, highly readable volume offers concise introduction to tenets of Buddhism. After a brief biography and an overview of Buddha's doctrine, a series of Pali texts focuses on the founder and his prophesies. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.95! \| first editions \| SVS
11	Elements of Buddhist iconography more books like this by Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy add to wishlist see all copies from $12.60! new only from $14.21! \| first editions
12	Mediaeval Sinhalese art, being a monograph on mediaeval Sinhalese arts and crafts, mainly as surviving in the eighteenth century, with an account of the structure of society and the status of the craftsmen. more books like this by Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy add to wishlist see all copies from $35.36! new only from $54.98! \| first editions
13	Spiritual authority and temporal power in the Indian theory of government more books like this by Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy add to wishlist This revised edition of one of Coomaraswamy's most significant writings incorporates his own additions to the first edition printed in 1942. In it, he expounds the Indian theory of government, on the basis of the textual sources, mainly of the Brahmanas and the Rqveda. see all copies from $9.42! new only from $9.42!
14	The Door in the Sky: Coomaraswamy on Myth and Meaning more books like this by Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy, Amanda K Coomaraswamy, Rama P Coomaraswamy (Editor) add to wishlist 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 ... see all copies from $14.80! new only from $24.00! \| first editions \| SVS
15	Yaksas more books like this by Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy add to wishlist see all copies from $25.00! new only from $27.00! \| first editions
16	The origin of the Buddha image more books like this by Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy add to wishlist see all copies from $9.29! new only from $14.04! \| first editions
17	The Dance of Siva: Essays on Indian Art and Culture more books like this by Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy add to wishlist Preeminent authority unfolds vast metaphysic of India: revelation of her art, conception of the universe, social organization, etc. 27 reproductions of art. see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
18	The dance of Shiva. more books like this by Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy add to wishlist see all copies from $4.99! new only from $99.00!
19	A new approach to the Vedas an essay in translation and exegesis by Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy add to wishlist see all copies from $14.27! new only from $14.27! \| SVS
20	The Eight Nayikas more books like this by Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy add to wishlist see all copies from $15.53! new only from $15.97! \| first editions \| SVS
21	The Essential Ananda K. Coomaraswamy more books like this by Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy, Rama P Coomaraswamy (Editor) add to wishlist Ananda K. Coomaraswamy was engaged in the world not only as a scholarly expositor of traditional culture and philosophy, but also as a radical critic of contemporary life. see all copies from $13.28! new only from $13.28! \| SVS
22	The Origin of the Buddha Image & Elements of Buddhist Iconography more books like this by Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy add to wishlist Two foundational texts, enhanced by a third, "The Nature of Buddhist Art," are concerned not only with providing a language for reading the artistic and linguistic symbols for Buddhism, but also show how these symbols are conducive to self realization, which is the aim of all sacred art. Providing a schema of what is of the utmost value in all the ... see all copies from $16.82! new only from $16.82! \| SVS
23	Time and eternity more books like this by Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy add to wishlist see all copies from $13.99! new only from $13.99! \| first editions
24	The dance of Shiva fourteen Indian essays more books like this by Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy add to wishlist see all copies from $7.15! new only from $12.75! \| first editions \| SVS
25	Perception of the Vedas by Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy, Vidyaniwas Misra, Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts add to wishlist The collection of Ananda Coomaraswamy essays taken from several volumes presents a full interlinking of not only Vedic texts and their exegetical texts in the Indian tradition itself but also of the related metaphysical texts in other traditons. The essays are similar in character and although written on random topics bear upon unity of thought ... see all copies from $33.99! new only from $33.99!

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