By Uditha Devapriya In November last year, the American Institute for Sri Lankan Studies (AISLS) organised a joint lecture on ...
The decision to re-name part of Ananda Coomaraswamy Mawatha (formerly known as Green Path) to ‘Nelum Pokuna Mawatha’ following the opening of the Nelum Pokuna Mahinda Rajapaksa Performing Arts Theatre ...
In December 1908, Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy penned the following words in the introduction to his book, “Medieval Sinhalese Art”: “It is of interest to record, in connection with the arts and crafts ...
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On the publication of my article “This is Serendib in England” (The Sunday Times April 25, 2010), some readers expressed interest in the connection between the savant Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy and ...
Consider the early debates on tradition and the museum. The debates, fed by geologist and art critic Ananda Coomaraswamy, claimed that the West had no sense of tradition, even less of memory.