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Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilization
by Heinrich Zimmer
ISBN: 0691017786
ISBN-13: 9780691017785
Format: Paperback
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Publisher: Bollingen Foundation
Published date: 1992
Size: 5.5 x 8.5 inches
Weight: 0.75 pounds
Publisher's Notes
This book interprets for the Western mind the key motifs of India's legends, myth, and folklore, taken from the Sanskrit, and illustrated with seventy plates of Indian Art. It is primarily an introduction to image-thinking and picture-reading in Indian art and thought, and it seeks to make the profound Hindu and Buddhist intuitions of the riddles of life and death recognizable not merely as Oriental but as universal elements.
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MYTHS AND SYMBOLS IN INDIAN ART AND CIVILIZATION
Zimmer, Heinrich
Princeton University Press. G/NONE. Softcover; 2nd Printing. Average wear, creasing, from age and use. Previous owner name on front blank end paper. Has average/ expected edge wear. ; Trade PB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 248 pp; 0691017786; 1974 . ( more information) Offered by Rivers Edge Used Books (United States)
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Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilization
Zimmer, Heinrich
Princeton, N.J.: Princeton Bollingen, 1992 Underlining in pencil throughout. Some shelfwear on edges of wrapper.. Reprint. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by A Good Read (United States)
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Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilization
Heinrich Robert Zimmer; Joseph Campbell
Princeton University Press. Very Good-. 1972. Paperback. Very slight rubbing and shelfwear to cover. Contains some underlining and a little marginella. ; A nice clean reading copy. Softcover and pages are clean and the binding is tight. ; 4711 . 0.7 x 8.4 x 5.4 Inches; 282 pp . ( more information) Offered by Rhyme and Reason Books Co. (United States)
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Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilization
Zimmer, Heinrich
Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Bollingen Foundation, 1992 USED - Standard. Book has only minor reading wear; binding is square and tight; covers have light edgewear; text is clean and unmarked. . Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by Booksmart (United States)
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Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilization
Heinrich Robert Zimmer; Editor-Joseph Campbell
Princeton University Press, 1972. Soft cover. Used: Very Good. clean and unmarked,minimal shelf wearPlease contact us immediately with any problem/concern with your order ( more information) Offered by Booksetc (United States)
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MYTHS AND SYMBOLS IN INDIAN ART AND CIVILIZATION
Zimmer, Heinrich
1992 . Zimmer, Heinrich. MYTHS AND SYMBOLS IN INDIAN ART AND CIVILIZATION. Edited Joseph Campbell. Bollingen Series VI. NJ: Princeton University Press, c1992. Eighth printing. 248pp, index, b/w plates. 8vo. Fine softcover copy $12.00 ( more information) Offered by Columbia Books, Inc. ABAA/ILAB (United States)
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Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilization
Zimmer, Heinrich
Princeton, 1992. Mythos Edition. Softcover. Book is VERY GOOD; tight and crisp; spine is smooth; wraps and manuscript pages are bright; underlining to pages 194 and 195 only, otherwise manuscript text has no markings. ( more information) Offered by Be Bop Bookshop (United States)
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Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilization
Heinrich Robert Zimmer; Editor-Joseph Campbell
Princeton University Press, 1972-05-01. Paperback. New/New. Excellent condition. Slight shelf wear. Free Tracking information available. ( more information) Offered by Readers_Anonymous (United States)
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Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilization
Heinrich Zimmer
Princeton Univ. Press ,1992 ,New Jersey . Paperback . Used Book . An introduction to image-thinking and picture-reading in Indian art and thought relates the basic myths that lie behind the forms of Indian art and civilization-shows how the images were moulded into a system of thought into an ethical regulation of human actions-into an institution called church or religion. Illuminating and profound. . ISBN: 0691017786 . ( more information) Offered by Manohar Book Service (India)
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Heinrich Robert Zimmer
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Zimmer, Heinrich Robert
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Heinrich Robert Zimmer, Joseph Campbell
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