Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy
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Indian art historian
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(1877-1947). U.S. author Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy was a pioneer historian of Indian art and the foremost interpreter of Indian culture to the West. He was concerned with the meaning of a work of art within a traditional culture and with examining the religious and philosophical beliefs that determine the origin and evolution of a particular artistic style. A careful scholar, he also established an art historical framework for the study of the development of Indian art.