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Heinrich Robert Zimmer

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Born: December 31 1889

Died: 3131 12 19421942

Heinrich Robert Zimmer was an Indologist & historian of South Asian art. He began his career studying Sanskrit & linguistics at the Univ. of Berlin where he graduated in 1913. Between 1920-24 he lectured at the Univ. of Greifswald, moving to Heidelberg to fill the Chair of Indian Philology. In 1938 he was dismissed by the Nazis. He emigrated to England where between 1939-40 he taught at Balliol College, Oxford. In 1942 he moved to NY to accept a Visiting Lecturer position in Philosophy at Columbia Univ. One of his students during this time period was Joseph Campbell. He died there, of pneumonia, in 1943. His method was to examine religious images using their sacred significance as a key to their psychic transformation. His use of philosophy & religious history to interpret art was at odds with traditional scholarship. His vast knowledge of Hindu mythology & philosophy gave him insights into the art, insights that were appreciated by Campbell among others. Campbell edited many of Zimmer's writings after his death. The psychiatrist C,G, Jung also developed a long-standing relationship with Zimmer, & edited a volume of Zimmer's entitled Der Weg zum Selbst . Zimmer is credited by many for the popularizing of South Asian art in the West.

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Heinrich Robert Zimmer

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Books from Heinrich Robert Zimmer

Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilization

The King and the Corpse: Tales of the Soul's Conquest of Evil

Philosophies of India

Artistic Form and Yoga in the Sacred Images of India (Bollingen)

Indische Mythen und Symbole

Yoga und Buddhismus

Maya der indische Mythos (German Edition)

Die Nominalsuffixe a und a in den Germanischen Sprachen

Gesammelte Weisheiten Indiens: I. Die indische Weltmutter, II. Yoga und Buddhismus, III. Maya - Der indische Mythos

Die indische Weltmutter