Ananda Coomaraswamy

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:birthDate 1877-08-22
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Colombo
gptkbp:deathDate 1947-09-09
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Needham,_Massachusetts,_United_States
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_London
gptkbp:employer gptkb:Museum_of_Fine_Arts,_Boston
gptkbp:fieldOfWork gptkb:philosophy
metaphysics
art history
comparative religion
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Ananda_Kentish_Coomaraswamy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Ananda Coomaraswamy
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Mircea_Eliade
gptkb:Joseph_Campbell
gptkb:Frithjof_Schuon
gptkb:Seyyed_Hossein_Nasr
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Plato
gptkb:Swami_Vivekananda
gptkb:René_Guénon
gptkbp:knownFor interpretation of Eastern and Western art
work on Indian art
work on traditional metaphysics
gptkbp:language gptkb:Sanskrit
gptkb:Tamil
English
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Traditionalist_School
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Sri_Lankan
British
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Christian_and_Oriental_Philosophy_of_Art
gptkb:Hinduism_and_Buddhism
gptkb:The_Dance_of_Shiva
gptkb:The_Transformation_of_Nature_in_Art
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:philosopher
gptkb:art_historian
curator
metaphysician
gptkbp:parent gptkb:Elizabeth_Clay_Beeby
gptkb:Sir_Muthu_Coomaraswamy
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Hinduism
gptkbp:signature Ananda_Coomaraswamy_signature.png
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Alice_Ethel_Richardson
gptkb:Ethel_Mary_Partridge
gptkb:Stella_Bloch
gptkbp:subjectOf biographies
scholarly articles
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ceylon_University_College
gptkb:Ananda_Kentish_Coomaraswamy_Chakravarti
gptkb:René_Guénon
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6