Ananda K. Coomaraswamy

GPTKB entity

Statements (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:philosopher
gptkb:art_historian
metaphysician
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_London
gptkbp:birthDate 1877-08-22
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Colombo,_British_Ceylon
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Sri_Lanka
gptkbp:child gptkb:Narada_Coomaraswamy
gptkbp:citizenship gptkb:Sri_Lanka
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:deathDate 1947-09-09
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Needham,_Massachusetts,_United_States
gptkbp:employer gptkb:Museum_of_Fine_Arts,_Boston
gptkbp:father gptkb:Sir_Muthu_Coomaraswamy
gptkbp:field gptkb:Indian
metaphysics
comparative religion
gptkbp:honor Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Ananda K. Coomaraswamy
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Mircea_Eliade
gptkb:Joseph_Campbell
gptkb:Seyyed_Hossein_Nasr
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Swami_Vivekananda
gptkb:René_Guénon
gptkbp:knownFor comparative religion studies
interpretation of Indian art
traditionalist philosophy
gptkbp:language gptkb:Sanskrit
gptkb:Tamil
English
gptkbp:mother gptkb:Elizabeth_Clay_Beeby
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
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Hinduism
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Alice_Ethel_Richardson
gptkb:Ethel_Mary_Partridge
gptkb:Stella_Bloch
gptkbp:subjectOf biographies
scholarly articles
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Statesmanship_and_Religion
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6