The Arts of India: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
Curator, Joseph M. Dye. Richmond: Virginia Museum of
Fine Arts, 2001.
Art Reference N7301 .V57 2001
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts houses one of the
finest collections of Indian art in the Southeast
United States. Diving the catalog into 4 sections
(sculpture, painting, textile, and decorative arts),
the contributors provide an analysis of the work,
provenance, dimensions, publication and exhibition
histories, and notes on the individual works. They
also provide background into various Indian religions
- Pre-Aryan, Brahmanism, Jainism, Buddhism, Hinduism,
Islam, and Sikhism. Also included are explanations of
various "auspicious symbols," such as the lotus, the
brimming vase, the elephant, the snake, and the
wheel. This is an excellent source for those seeking
general information on Indian art as well as a
variety of colorful images. Visit the Virginia
Museum of Fine Arts for more information.
The
Cleveland Museum of Art offers an
extensive collection of Asian art. You can browse
their collection or search it by keyword.
Lawton, Thomas. Asian Art in the Arthur M.
Sackler Gallery: The Inaugural Gift. Washington,
D.C.: The Gallery, 1987.
Art N7262 .A78 1987
While this catalog concentrates mainly on China and
the Near East, it does include a strong collection of
Indian and Southeast Asian art. It provides
background information on civilizations, religion,
and styles of art. The catalog includes color and
black and white images. Visit The Freer Gallery
of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery for
more information about their collections.
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco offers"the
largest searchable art imagebase in the world," with
more than 12,000 artists and 75,000 objects. A search
box is available at the bottom of every screen.
The collection of
Asian art at the Metropolitan
Museum of Art is the largest and most
comprehensive in the United States. Stone and metal
sculptures from South and Southeast Asia are one of
the strongest areas of the collection.
