The Door in the Sky

Coomaraswamy on Myth and Meaning
Erscheinungsjahr 1998
ISBN: 978-0-691-01747-1
Verlag: Princeton University Press

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 484 g

Reihe: Mythos: The Princeton/Bollingen Series in World Mythology

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Coomaraswamy, Ananda K.

Coomaraswamy, Rama P.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Volkskunde: Sitten, Traditionen, Mythen, Legenden
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of IllustrationsPrefaceList of Abbreviations and Short TitlesList of Works by A.K. Coomaraswamy Cited in this Volume1Mind and Myth32Svayamatrrna: Janua Coeli63Imitation, Expression, and Participation624Atmayajna: Self-Sacrifice725A Figure of Speech or a Figure of Thought?1136The Nature of Buddhist Art1437An Indian Temple: The Kandarya Mahadeo1758Literary Symbolism1849The Symbolism of the Dome192Index243