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THE DANCE
or SIVA
Ananda K.Coomaraswamy
. . . The Essential Of Dance threefold; First.
it the image of his Rhythmic as the Source of all Movement
within the Cosmos... : , the Of Dance to Release
the Countless Of men from the Snare of Illusion: Thirdly, the
Place Of the Dance, Chidambaram, the Centre of the Universe
The Dance OJ
Within the "
Ananda late curator of Indian art at the Boston MuRurn of Firr
Arts, was unexcelled in his knowledge of the arts of the Oiient. and unmatched
in his understanding of Indian culture, language, religion and philosophy. In this
reprint Of a rare volume Of he reveals the Of the Indian
root«l in "a Constant intuition" Of the unity and harmony Of all life.
Everything has its place, every being its function and all play a part in the divine
concert by Nataräjä (Siva), Lord of Dancers.
In a series of 14 stimulating and provocative (hmaraswamy unfolds the
Vast metaphysic Of India; the magnificent revelation Of her art; her Of
the universe; social organization; attitudø toward feminism; problems Of family,
romantic love, and marriage. His swæping commentary considers the "intellectual
fraternity" of mankind the venerable past as it survives side by side with emerging
modern India; and the individual, autonomy, and repudiation of "the will to
Enhancing the text are twenty-seven black-and-white photographs— mostly of
masterpieces of painting and sculpture from the 2nd B.C. to the 18th
century, and including the glorious "Cosmic Dance of Nitaraiä." This handsome
volume offers rich insight into the art, and culture Of a fascinating forty
centuriß-old civilization.
Unabridged and unalterd republication of The Dance of 14 Iddian E.øays,
published by the Sunwise Turn, Inc., New York, 1924. 27 black-and-White plates.
Introduction by Romain Rolland. 192pp. 5% x
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CHRISTIAN AND ONENTAL PHItnsoPHY OF ART, Ananda K. Coomaraswamy. 146pp.
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MYTHS OF THE HINDUS AND BUDDHISTS, Ananda K. Coomaraswamy and Sister
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