Back أناندا كوماراسوامي Arabic আনন্দ কুমাৰস্বামী Assamese আনন্দ কুমারস্বামী Bengali/Bangla Ananda Coomaraswamy Catalan Ánanda Kumárasvámí Czech Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy German Ánanda Ĉómarasvami Esperanto Ananda Coomaraswamy Spanish آناندا کوماراسوامی Persian Ananda Coomaraswamy Finnish
Ananda Coomaraswamy | |
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 Coomaraswamy in 1916 | |
| Born | 22 August 1877 |
| Died | 9 September 1947 (aged 70) Needham, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Nationality | British Ceylonese American |
| Notable work | The Dance of Shiva (1918), Hinduism and Buddhism (1943) |
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| Era | Modern philosophy 20th-century philosophy |
| Region | Indian philosophy Western philosophy |
| School | Perennialism Traditionalist School |
Main interests | Metaphysics, philosophy of art, history |
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Ananda Kentish Muthu Coomaraswamy (Tamil: ஆனந்த குமாரசுவாமி, Āṉanta Kentiś Muthū Kumāracuvāmi; Sinhala: ආනන්ද කුමාරස්වාමි Ānanda Kumārasvāmī; 22 August 1877 − 9 September 1947) was a Ceylonese metaphysician, historian and a philosopher of Indian art who was an early interpreter of Indian culture to the West.[4] He has been described as "the groundbreaking theorist who was largely responsible for introducing ancient Indian art to the West".[5]
- ^ a b Antliff, Allan (2001). Anarchist Modernism : Art, Politics, and the First American Avant-Garde. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. p. 129. ISBN 9780226021041.
- ^ "Anand Coomaraswamy A Pen Sketch By - Dr. Rama P. Coomaraswamy". Archived from the original on 20 April 2008. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
- ^ "René Guénon: Life and Work".
- ^ Murray Fowler, "In Memoriam: Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy", Artibus Asiae, Vol. 10, No. 3 (1947), pp. 241-244
- ^ MFA: South Asian Art. Archived from the original Archived 15 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine