Coomaraswamy, Ananda K. (Ananda Kentish), 1877-1947
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Coomaraswamy, Ananda K., 1877-1947
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Coomaraswamy, Ananda Kentish, 1877-1947, art historian
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Coomaraswamy, Ananda Kentish (Anglo-Sinhalese writer and curator, 1877-1947)
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Coomaraswamy, Ananda K.
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Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy
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Kumānasvāmī, Ānandakentish 1877-1947
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Svāmī, Ānanda Kentish Kumāra-, 1877-1947
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Kumaraswamy, Anantha 1877-1947
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Ānandakentish Kumānasvāmī 1877-1947
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Coomara-Swamy, Ananda Kentish
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Comaraswamy Ananda 1877-1947
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Coomara-Swamy, Ananda Kentish, 1877-1947
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Coomaraswami , Ananda K.
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Labitte, Alphonse
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Coomaraswamy, A. K. 1877-1947 (Ananda Kentish),
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Swamy, Ananda Kentish Coomara- 1877-1947
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Coomaraswami, Ananda K. 1877-1947
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Ananda Coomaraswamy 1877-1947
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Kumarasvami Ananda K. 1877-1947
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Kentish Coomaraswamy , Ananda
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Coomaraswamy
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Coomaraswamy, Ananda 1877-1947
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Kumaraswami, Ananda 1877-1947
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Comaraswamy, Ananda
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Coomaraswamy, Amanda Kentish
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Ananda K. Coomaraswamy was a Ceylonese-born, English-educated, American art historian, philosopher, and author. Stella Bloch, Coomaraswamy's third wife, was a student of Indian dance, art, and philosophy and co-authored several articles with Coomaraswamy. Although they divorced in 1930, they maintained a friendly correspondence, discussing art, philosophy, and Coomaraswamy's works.
Coomaraswamy was a pioneer historian of Indian art and culture. He was the research fellow in Indian, Persian, and Muslim art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston from 1916-1947.
Coomaraswamy was an historian of Indian art and culture; and a research fellow in Indian, Persian, and Muslim art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1916-1947.
Ananda K. Coomaraswamy was a noted art historian and champion of Ceylonese and Indian culture. Born in Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), in 1877, Coomaraswamy moved to England in 1879 and attended Wycliffe College, a preparatory school, from the age of 12. In 1900, he graduated from University College, London, with a degree in geology and botany, and in 1906, he received a doctor of science for his study of Ceylonese mineralogy. He served as director of the Mineralogical Survey of Ceylon from 1902 to 1907 before moving to the United States to serve as curator of Indian art at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, where he stayed for the remainder of his life. Coomaraswamy devoted himself to the study of traditional Ceylonese and Indian arts and crafts, the cataloging of Indian art collections, and research on Indian art, religion, metaphysics, and culture. He died in 1947.
1903-1906 director of the mineralogical survey of Ceylon; 1910 co-founder of the India Society; 1910-1911 in charge of the art section of the United Provinces Exhibition, Allahabad; 1917-1947 research fellow in Indian, Persian and Muhammadan art at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
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Aesthetics
Aesthetics, Oriental
Art
Art, Buddhist
Art, Hindu
Art, Hindu
Art historians
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Art, Indonesian
Islamic art
Islamic art
Artists
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Buddhist art and symbolism
Buddhist philosophy
Buddhist philosophy
Dance, Indonesian
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Gods, Hindu
Gods, Hindu
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Hindu philosophy
Hindu philosophy
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Jaina art
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