Figures of Speech or Figures of Thought, , Anand K. Coomaraswamy, Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd., 8121501784

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Figures of Speech or Figures of Thought

Anand K. Coomaraswamy (Author)

Synopsis Ananda K. Coomaraswamy's Figures of Speech and Figures of Thought is a collection of seventeen essays dealing with a specific 'aspect or application of the traditional theory of art'. Each essay takes up for discussion such topics as rhetoric, aesthetics, medieval theories, role of ornament in art, icons and spectator, reason and intuition, imitation Buddhist art, Indian Painting, pictorial relief, primitive art, etc. Every chapter is provided with references and exhaustive notes. The compact and concise argument, valuable notes and references and judicious choice of subjects make this a handy reference as well as text book on theory of art. All those connected with art shall find this book a priceless one to their collection.

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Anand K. Coomaraswamy

Ananda K. Coomaraswamy was born in 1877, of Anglo-Ceylones parents. After completing studies in Geology he soon became interested in the arts and crafts of his native Ceylon and India. In 1917 he relocated to the USA where he became Keeper of Indian and Islamic Art at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, establishing a large collection of Oriental artifacts and presenting lectures on their symbolic and metaphysical meaning.

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