Art and Swadeshi | Books on History of Indian Art

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About the Book The book is a rich collection of thirteen Important articles embedded in a single thread, namely, Art and Swadeshi; Swadeshi, True and False; Domestic Handicrafts and Culture; The International Congress of Applied Chemistry 1901 and Aniline Dyes; The Function of Schools of Art in India-A reply to Mr. Cecil Burns; On the Study of Indian Art; Facial Expression in Indian Sculpture; On Mughal and Rajput Paintings; Night Effects in Indian Pictures; Song-words of a Panjabi Singer; Poems of Rabindranath Tagore; The Modern School of Indian Painting; and Education in Ceylon.

About the Author Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (1877-1947), one of the main representatives of the Hindu Tradition. Displaying an unequaled mastery of Sanskrit, Pall, Greek, Latin and Medival/German and Italian sources. He built a bridge between East and West that was designed to be two way, among other things his metaphysical writings aimed at demonstrating the unity of the Vedanta and Platonism. His work also sought to rehabilitate original Buddhism. He made important contributions to the Philosophy of art, literature, and religion. In Cylon, he applied the lesson of William Moris to Ceylonese Culture. In India, he was part of the literary circle around Rabindranath Tagore, and contributed to the "Swadeshi" movement, an early phase of the struggle for Indian Independence.

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