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... romantic love was treated as the highest good and physical passion was interpreted with a freshness and innocence unequalled in the world's art . Such paintings were , at first sight , easy to appreciate . Although they alternated ...
... romantic love was treated as the highest good and physical passion was interpreted with a freshness and innocence unequalled in the world's art . Such paintings were , at first sight , easy to appreciate . Although they alternated ...
Page 15
... romantic love . The truth , if we are to admit it , is that despite considerable acquaintance with Krishna as a name , few educated people in the West have intimate knowledge of his story . In fact , we have only to ask some basic ...
... romantic love . The truth , if we are to admit it , is that despite considerable acquaintance with Krishna as a name , few educated people in the West have intimate knowledge of his story . In fact , we have only to ask some basic ...
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... romantic love had been keenly valued , Sanskrit poets such as Kalidasa , Amaru and Bhartri- hari celebrating the charms of womanly physique and the raptures of sex . What , in fact , in other cultures had been viewed with sus- picion or ...
... romantic love had been keenly valued , Sanskrit poets such as Kalidasa , Amaru and Bhartri- hari celebrating the charms of womanly physique and the raptures of sex . What , in fact , in other cultures had been viewed with sus- picion or ...
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