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Portraits of a Prince: Coins, Medals and Banknotes of Edward VIII
Authors:
Joseph S. Giordano
,
Jr.
ISBN:
9781902040967
Binding:
Hardcover
Year:
2009
Pages:
699
Weight:
2 kg 336 grams
Price:
INR
4280.00
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Editorial Reviews
“Coomaraswamy (1877–1947) was more than a scholar—he was a cosmopolitan cultural bridge, a provocateur, and part of Boston and New York’s avant-garde intellectual scene. . . . [Leoshko] masterfully unveils his complex legacy, from uncovering ruins in Sri Lanka to curating at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts.”
—
Tricycle
“Recognizing how history is an unraveling as much as a construction, Leoshko disentangles the life and intellectual times of the influential yet enigmatic Coomaraswamy, showing how his cosmopolitanism was formative for the emerging discipline of international Buddhist art history.
Making a Canon
is sensitive, informative, balanced, and self-confident—mercifully free of professional jargon and polemic—and, in its own right, an innovative and insightful contribution to the ‘canon’ of Buddhist art history.”
—Peter Skilling, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok
“Much ink has been spilled over the art philosopher Ananda Coomaraswamy’s precise legacy. By delving into the roots of his intellectual formation in Sri Lanka, Leoshko compels us to revise many of our commonly held assumptions about the savant. This refreshingly original work is a must-read for all students of ancient Indian art.”
—Partha Mitter, University of Sussex
“With her usual sweeping thoroughness and unprecedented angles of approach, Leoshko discerns the origins of Coomaraswamy’s most influential ideas about Buddhism, South Asia, art, and religion in his first career as a geologist for the British Empire in Sri Lanka. Leoshko turns her forensic eye for pattern on new archival data. Her intellectual history of a visual thinker, told in accessible language, balances respect for his profound legacy with insight into his shortcomings.”
—Padma Kaimal, Colgate University
“We have long needed more biographical studies of influential individuals who were not only entangled in the ‘Orientalist’ enterprise but who also shaped it. Undoubtedly, one such figurehead in Buddhist art is Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy. Leoshko has now delivered an in-depth and critical study of Coomaraswamy’s scholarly activities in the broad context of contemporary and present academic discourse—a must-read for anybody interested in things South Asian.”
—Max Deeg, Cardiff University
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