The Essential (Record no. 903)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780941532464 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | ARTS |
| Item number | COO |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Coomaraswamy, Ananda K. |
| 245 #4 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The Essential |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | United States |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | World Wisdom Books |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2004 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 344 |
| Dimensions | 15.75 x 2.34 x 23.34 cm |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Ananda K Coomaraswamy grew up in late Victorian England and was there in the splendid pre-war days of the arts and crafts idealists, Blakean dreamers and flourishing literary movements. As a young man, Coomaraswamy was a pioneer and authority in the field of Indian art, a spokesman for Indian nationalism and a careful, but popular writer on Hinduism and Buddhism. During the First World War, he went to America and, as curator of Asiatic Art at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, built the first large collection of Indian art in America. In his later writings, which are represented in this collection, he turned his attention to metaphysics, tradition and sacred art. However, unlike many who write about traditional cultures, he was a radical and controversial critic of modern 'civilisation'. This volume, edited by his son, provides the reader with a comprehensive introduction to the work of this important 20th century philosopher and art historian. These selections of Coomaraswamy's vast body of writing offer the new reader a clear and definitive point of entry into the mind of this great and early spokesman for the Perennial Philosophy. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Perennial philosophy |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Philosophy |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Quotations |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Religion |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Religion in art |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Item type | Books |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| -- | Paperback |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Permanent location | Current location | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Koha item type |
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| Arthshila Ahmedabad | Arthshila Ahmedabad | Cluster: 3M | 03/02/2023 | Page 3 | ARTS/COO | BK00827 | 03/02/2023 | Books |