The dance of Shiva : fourteen Indian essays / by Ananda Coomaraswamy ; with an introductory preface by Romain Rolland
1952, Reprint. Bombay : Asia Publishing House. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper (price-clipped), now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #445451
Physical description; 196 pages, 22 cm. Contents; What has India contributed to human welfare?-Hindu view of art: historical.-Hindu view of art: theory of beauty.-That beauty is a state.-Buddhist primitives.-The dance of Siva.-Indian images with many arms.-Indian music.-Status of Indian women.-Sahaja.-Intellectual fraternity.-Cosmopolitan view of Nietzsche.-Young India.-Individuality, autonomy and function. Subjects; Art India. Art., civilization. India Civilization. Shiva, India.
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