The Dance of Siva: Essays on Indian Art and Culture (Dover Fine Art, History of Art)
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Author: Ananda K. Coomaraswamy
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Publisher: Ananda Publishers
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Ananda Coomaraswamy, late curator of Indian art at the Boston Museum of
Fine Arts, was unexcelled in his knowledge of the arts of the Orient,
and unmatched in his understanding of Indian culture, language,
religion, and philosophy. In this excellent reprint of a rare volume of
essays, he reveals the essence of the Indian experience, rooted 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 led by Natar j ( iva), Lord of Dancers.
In a series of 14
stimulating and provocative essays, Coomaraswamy unfolds the vast
metaphysic of India: the magnificent revelation of its art; its
conception of the universe; social organization; attitudes toward
feminism; problems of family; romantic love, and marriage. His sweeping
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 govern."
Enhancing
the text are 27 black-and-white photographs mostly of masterpieces of
painting and sculpture from the second century B.C. to the eighteenth
century, and including the glorious "Cosmic Dance of Nataraja." This
handsome volume offers rich insight into the art, philosophy, and
culture of a fascinating forty-centuries-old civilization."














