Ananda Coomaraswamy
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Ananda Coomaraswamy was a Sri Lankan philosopher, art historian, and pioneering scholar of Indian and comparative religion and aesthetics, known for his role in the Traditionalist school and his influential writings on the spiritual foundations of art.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Traditionalist school thinker
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aesthetician ⓘ art historian ⓘ person ⓘ philosopher ⓘ scholar of religion ⓘ |
| birthCountry | Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1877-08-22 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Colombo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Ceylon
NERFINISHED
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1947-09-09 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of London
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Wycliffe College, Gloucestershire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Coomaraswamy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Indology
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aesthetics ⓘ art history ⓘ comparative religion ⓘ philosophy ⓘ |
| fullName | Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Ananda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Traditionalist thinkers
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art historians of Asian art ⓘ comparative religion scholars ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Buddhist scriptures
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Hindu scriptures ⓘ René Guénon NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Aquinas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
comparative studies of Eastern and Western religions
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interpretation of Indian art ⓘ theory of traditional art and symbolism ⓘ writings on the spiritual foundations of art ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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Sinhala NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement |
Perennialism
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Traditionalist School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Christian and Oriental Philosophy of Art
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Hinduism and Buddhism ⓘ History of Indian and Indonesian Art NERFINISHED ⓘ The Bugbear of Literacy NERFINISHED ⓘ The Dance of Śiva NERFINISHED ⓘ The Transformation of Nature in Art NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Curator of Indian Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| spouse |
Alice Ethel Richardson
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Ethel Mary Partridge NERFINISHED ⓘ Luisa Runstein NERFINISHED ⓘ Stella Bloch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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