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Motilal Banarsidass (2015), Edition: 3, 295 pages
Description
A landmark work that demystifies the rich tradition of Indian art, Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilization analyzes key motifs found in legend, myth, and folklore taken directly from the Sanskrit. It provides a comprehensive introduction to visual thinking and picture reading in Indian art and thought. Ultimately, the book shows that profound Hindu and Buddhist intuitions on the riddles of life and death are universally recognizable.
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LibraryThing member bethlakshmi
Descriptions of the symbols of Indian culture and the myths surrounding them. An interesting approach, though somewhat dry. Has some great pictures, wish they were annotated with dates.
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English
Original publication date
1946
ISBN
8120807510 / 9788120807518
Local notes
SS This work was completed from the author's notes in German, English, French, and Sanskrit and from lecture notes for a course given in 1942 at Columbia University by his colleagues ( Dr. Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, Dr. Marguerite Block, Mr. & Mrs. Nasli Heermaneck, Dr, David Friedman, Mrs. Peter Geiger,Swami Nikhilananda, Margaret Wing, and joseph Campbell.) This was a remarkable work of joint scholarship, completed immediately after the Second World War. Heinrich Zimmer was a refugee Indologist from Germany who died very suddenly in 1942 from pneumonia.
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Myths and symbols in Indian art and civilization; by Heinrich Zimmer (Paper Book)
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