The Cosmic Art of India: Symbol (Murti), Sentiment (Rasa), and Silence (Yoga)
Bombay: Allied Publishers, 1965. Hardcover. Black cloth boards with gold gilt lettering on spne, white and color illustrated dust jacket with brown lettering; xvi, 227 pp., bw illustrations. G/G (book has previous owner's nameplate on front page and small discoloration marks, age toning on textblock, all pages clear and intact - dust jacket is further covered with mylar that is quite teared, but dust jacket itself shows very minimal shelf wear). Item #181850
"The art of India thus is perennial and universal. It represents the collective experience, the spiritual value and aspiration of an entire nation and enshrines its vision and wisdom realized through the ages. It is transcendental and cosmic, for the essential and perennial quest of Indian art if not the beauty of form but Truth, not appearance but Reality. It has revealed these in many timeless images and symbols that have given solace and strength to Asian people through the centuries. It is this comprehensive and cosmic quality and the perennial and timeless aspect of Indian art and its fundamental unity with metaphysics that Dr. Mukerjee has essayed to bring out in this illuminating study." - dust jacket description.
OCLC: 2553464
Price: $70.00