Making a Canon

Janice Leoshko is associate professor of South Asian art at the University of Texas at Austin. She is the author of Sacred Traces: British Explorations of Buddhism in South Asia.

• List of FiguresNote on UsageChapter One        Placing Ananda CoomaraswamyChapter Two         In Old Ceylon, 1903–1905Chapter Three      The Last Year in Old Ceylon, 1906Chapter Four        What Is in Mediaeval Sinhalese Art?Chapter Five         A Buddhist Art Turn, 1908–1910Chapter Six           Buddha, Shiva, Mudra: Selecting Examples of Indian Art, 1910–1920Chapter Seven      Canons: Making and UnmakingAcknowledgmentsNotesSelected BibliographyIndex

“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.”