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Art, General
Beny, Roloff. India. New York, McGraw-Hill, 1969.
[Chronology from
1500 B.C.-1964. Contains map of India, color illustrations, and decorative
motifs.]
DS408.B4
Chhavi: Golden
Jubilee Volume, Bharat Kala Bhavan, 1929-1970. Editorial board: Karl Khandalavala
and others. Editor: Anand Krishna; assistant editor: Chandramani Singh. Banares,
1971.
[Includes painting, enamelwork,
wood and stone carving, sculpture, calligraphy, textiles, metalwork,
illuminated manuscripts, all shown in color and b & w illustrations
and photographs.]
N3750.V3C54
Forman, Werner. Indian
sculpture; masterpieces of Indian, Khmer, and Cham art. London: Spring
Book, 1962.
[Includes a brief historical background about the
development and spread of Indian sculpture. 264 color and b &
w plates.]
NB1002.F573
Indian art. Technical
art series. 1886/87-1908. Varanasi, Indological Book House, 1977.
[Vol. 1 contains reproductions of original drawings from the Archaeological
survey of India. Vol. 2 contains b & w illustrations of metal
work, bronze sculpture, jewelry, ivory, wood , terra cotta, and other
various arts of India. Table of contents at beginning of each volume.]
xN7301.I52
Rawson, Philip S. Erotic
Art of the East. Intro. by Alex Comfort. New York: Putnam, 1968.
[Painting, sculpture, ceramics, etc. shown in b & w and color
plates.]
N7260.R35
Description,
Travel, and History
Anand, Mulk Raj, 1905- . The story of India. Bombay: Kutub, 1948.
[Indian account which outlines history of India while discussing the
arts, religion, government, and the culture of the Indian people.
Text accompanied with many b & w illustrations.]
DS436.A52 1948
Bernier, Francois,
1620-1688. Voyages de Francois Bernier...Contenant la Description des Etats
de Grand Mogul. Ou Il Est Traite des Richesses, des Forces de la Justice,
& des Causes Principales de la Decadance des Etats de l'Asie, & de
Plusiers Evenemens Considerables. Amsterdam: P. Marret, 1724, '23. 2 v.
[Travels through Northern India and Kashmir.
Text in French. Vol. 1 contains a map of Northern India; Vol. 2 contains
numerous b & w illustrations, some folding, and a folding map
of Kashmir.]
DS461.7.B5 1723
Fortune, Robert, 1813-1880.
Visit to the Tea-Districts of China and India; Including Sung-Lo and the
Bothea Hills; With a Short Notice of the East India Company's Tea Plantations
in the Himalayan Mountains. London: J. Murray, 1852.
[The author's accounts of his travels and their results, including
the physical geography and the people of the regions. Includes illustrations,
plates, and a map.]
DS709.F75
Fraser, James, fl. 1742.
The History of Nadir Shah (formerly called Thames Kuli Khan, The Present
Emperor of Persia). 2nd ed. London: A. Millar, 1742.
[Contains
folding map of the Moghol Empire, an abstract of the Moghol History,
the history of Nadir Shah, and a catalogue of about 200 oriental manuscripts.]
DS294.F8
Greenbie, Sydney, 1889-
. The romantic East; India, Indo-China, China and Japan. New York,
R. M. McBride & co., 1930.
[Description of author's travels
through India, Indo-China, China and Japan. Includes detailed accounts
with b & w photographs on the back of both covers.]
DS9.G7
Heber, Reginald, Bp.
of Calcutta, 1783-1826. Narrative of a Journey Through the Upper Provinces
of India, from Calcutta to Bombay, 1824-25. (With Notes Upon Ceylon) an Account
of a Journey to Madras and the Southern Provinces, 1826, and Letters Written
in India. London: J. Murray, 1828. 2nd ed. 3 v.
[All three volumes contain b & w illustrations. Vol. 3 contains
a glossary.]
DS412.H44 1828
Houghton, Ross C. Women
of the Orient: an account of the religious, intellectual, and social condition
of women in Japan, China, India, Egypt, Syria, and Turkey. Cincinnati, Hitchcock
and Walden; New York, Nelson and Phillips, 1877.
[The personal observations of the author and information
drawn from reliable sources comprise this book. Contains b & w
illustrations from photographs taken by English and native artists.
Text is followed by index.]
HQ1170.H8
India Speaks with
Richard Halliburton. Illustrated with 100 photographs from the photoplay,
India Speaks, produced by Walter Futter and distributed by RKO Radio Pictures.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1933.
[Contains
many b & w photographs of various sites in Asia, including Tibet.]
DS408.I5
Mackenzie, Helen (Douglas)
"Mrs. Colin Mackenzie." Life in the Mission. New York: Redfield,
1856. 2 v.
[A view of India written by a woman
who spent six years there while involved with a Christian mission.]
DS412.M15 1856
Maffei, Giovanni Pietro,
1533-1603. Le Istorie dell Indie Orientali. Tradotte di Latino in Lingua
Toscana da M. Francesco Serdonati Fiorentino. [Text in Italian.]
DS411.7.M4 1749
Marshall, John Hubert,
Sir, 1876- ed. Mohenjo-daro and the Indus civilization. London, A.
Probsthain, 1931. 3 v.
[Official account of archaeological excavations
at Mohenjo-daro carried out by the government of India between the
years 1922 and 1927. Contains plan and map in color, and 164 b &
w illustrations. Also has Table of Contents.]
xDS486.M6M3
Maurice, Thomas, 1754-1824.
The History of Hindostan: Its Arts, and Its Sciences, as Connected with
the History of the Other Great Empires of Asia, During the Most Ancient Periods
of the World. With numerous illustrative engravings. London: Printed by
W. Bulmer and Co. for the author, etc., 1795-99. 2 v.
[Vol. 1 contains several engravings, of Hindu deities,
signs of the Oriental zodiac, etc. Vol. 2 contains several engravings
of Hindu avatars, etc., as well as a folding engraving of the 28 Hindu
lunar mansions.]
DS436.M4
Mill, James, 1773-1836.
The history of British India. London: Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1826.
6 v.
[A British account of the government policy, sciences,
arts, and the religion of the people of India. Volume 1 includes a
folding map.]
DS463.M63 1826
Minturn, Robert Bowne,
Jr. 1836-1889. From New York to Delhi, by Way of Rio de Janeiro, Australia
and China. New York: Appleton, 1859.
DS412.M66 1859
Paulinus, a Sancto Bartholomaeo,
1746-1806. A Voyage to the East Indies: Containing an Account of the Manners,
Customs, etc., of the Natives, with a Geographical Description of the Country.
With notes by John Reinhold Forster. Tr. from the German by William Johnston.
[Includes a b & w illustration
of Indian hieroglyphics, a diagram of music, and a geographical index.]
DS412.P32
Rennell, James, 1742-1830.
Memoir of a map of Hindostan. London, Printed by W. Bulmer and co.
for the author, 1793.
[Mogul empire: with introduction. Contains
fold out maps of the geography and present divisions of Hindostan
and a map of the countries located between the heads of the Indian
Rivers, and the Caspian Sea. Also contains a supplementary map containing
the improved geography of the countries that lead to the heads of
the Indus. A second supplementary map contains the new geography of
the peninsula of India. Has an appendix which contains an account
of the Ganges and Burrampooter rivers.]
DS412.R42
Robertson, William, 1721-1793.
An Historical Desquisition Concerning the Knowledge Which the Ancients
Had of India. London: Printed for Cadell and Davies, etc., 1817.
[Contains two folding maps of Southeast Asia, one contemporary,
the other according to Ptolemy.]
DS436.A2R6 1817
Skinner, Thomas, 1800-1843.
Adventures during a journey overland to India, by way of Egypt, Syria and
the Holy Land. London: R. Bentley, 1837. 2 v.
[Detailed
account of 1830's journey to India. Contains portrait of author and
1 b & w illustration.]
DS48.S63
Tennant, Rev. William.
Indian Recreations: Consisting Chiefly of Strictures on the Domestic and
Rural Economy of the Mahomedans & Hindoos. 2nd ed. 2 v. London: Longman,
Hurst, Rees and Orme; etc., 1804.
[Vol. 1 contains
a glossary of Hindu terms and one b & w illustration; Vol. 2 contains
three b & w illustrations.]
DS412.T29
Terry, Edward, 1590-1660.
A Voyage to East India:Within that Rich and Most Spacious Empire of the
Great Mogul. London: J. Wilkie, etc., 1777.
[Contains
a folding map of the Great Mogul's Empire in East India, and illustrations
of the Great Mogul's signet and standard.]
DS411.T32
Wolff, Joseph, 1795-1862.
Narrative of a mission to Bokhara, in the years 1843-1845. 4th ed.
London, Pub. for the author, by J. W. Parker, 1846.
[A mission
to ascertain the fate of Colonol Stoddart and Captain Conolly. Tells
of his experiences in India, enslavement, interaction with people,
etc. Learns in his travels what has happened to his friends. Contains
introduction, table of contents and an index.]
DK873.W83
Wright, Caleb, d. 1869.
India and Its Inhabitants. 7th ed. Cincinnati: Brainerd, 1853.
[Describes customs, festivals, etc.. Contains b & w illustrations
of Indian monuments, deities, people, etc..]
DS421.W75 1853
Painting and
Calligraphy
Chandra, Pramod. Bundi Painting. New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi, 1959.
[Contains numerous tipped-in plates, most in color, of Bundi paintings,
most of which are from the collection at the Prince of Wales Museum
in Bombay, India.]
xND1007.B8C5
Fraser, James,
fl. 1742. The History of Nadir Shah (formerly called Thames Kuli Khan,
the Present Emperor of Persia). 2nd ed. London: A. Millar, 1742.
[Contains
folding map of the Moghol Empire, an abstract of the Moghol History,
the history of Nadir Shah, and a catalogue of about 200 Oriental manuscripts.]
DS294.F8
Khanadalavala, Karl.
Pahari Miniature Painting. Bombay: New Book Co., 1958.
[The
background, development, and technique of Pahari miniature painting;
supplemented by color, tipped-in plates, as well as numerous black
and white illustrations. Also, a map of the Hill States showing important
painting centers.]
xND1337.I4K5
Lalit Kala Akademi. Lalit
Kala Series. Portfolio no. 1- . New Delhi, 1965.
[Library has no. 1, 5, 13, 16. No. 1: The Bhagavata Purana in Kangra Painting,
containing a two page text, and a list to describe six color, tipped-in plates
which follow; No. 5: Ragamala Paintings, with same format as no. 1;
No. 13: Wall Paintings from Amber, with same format as no. 1, except
for three b & w tipped-in plates included in the text; No. 16: Deogarh
Painting, with same format as no. 1, except for one b & w and one
color tipped-in plate included in the text.]
xND1004.L33
Rowland, Benjamin, 1904-
. The Wall-Paintings of India, Central Asia & Ceylon. Boston: Printed
at Merrymount Press, 1938. [Portfolio containing a text of 94 pages, and 30
color plates and b & w illustrations from Afghanistan (Bamiyan, Kabul,
Miran), Ceylon, and India (Ajanta, Bagh, Polonnaruva). Also included is a
chapter on the influence of such art on the Far East in which the Amida Trinity
from Horyuji, Nara, Japan is illustrated.]
xND2815.R6
Speltz, Alexander. The
Colored Ornament of All Historical Styles; a Treasury of Examples Reproduced
in Facsimile from Water-Colour Drawing. London: B.T. Batsford, Ltd., 1915.
3 v.
[Vol. 3 includes three color plates (53,
54, 55) of Indian fresco painting from Ajanta.]
xNK1530.S62
Tagore, Rabindranath,
1861-1941. Drawings and paintings of Rabindranath Tagore. New Delhi:
Lalit Kala Akademi, 1987. 3 portfolios.
[Portfolios contain wonderful
color illustrations of the drawings and paintings of Tagore.]
xN7310.T3A4 1987
Yazdani, Ghulam, 1885-
. Ajanta: the Colour and Monochrome Reproductions of the Ajanta Frescoes
Based on Photography, with an Explanatory Text by G. Yazdani, and an Introd.
by Laurence Binyon. Published under the special authority of His Exalted Highness
the Nizam. London: Oxford University Press, 1930-55. 4 v.
[Vol. 4 only: Text and portfolio of plates are bound
separately. Text contains b & w photographs and illustrations,
the portfolio contains 17 color and 65 monochrome reproductions.]
-SEE ND 2829 .A4Y33 1983 for reprints of vols. 1-3.
xxND2829.A4Y33 v.4
Yazdani, Ghulam, 1885-
. Ajanta: Monochrome Reproductions of the Ajanta Frescoes Based on Photography,
with an Explanatory Text by G. Yazdani, and an Introduction by Laurence Binyon.
Delhi: Swati Publications, 1983. 4v.
[This set contains the first three volumes of the Ajanta series. Contains
monochrome plates only. Vol. 1 contains a fold-out map of the trade
routes to Ajanta.]
ND2829.A4Y33 1983
Sculpture
Anand, Mulk Raj, 1905- . Kama Kala: Some Notes on the Philosophical Basis
of Hindu Erotic Sculpture. Geneva, New York: Nagel, 1962.
[Erotic
sculpture from the Indian temples of Khajuraho, Konarak, Puri, and
Bhuvaneshwar, 10th-12th centuries, shown in b & w and color tipped-in
plates, and b & w illustrations.]
NB1002.A5 1962
Desai, Devangana,
1937- . Erotic Sculpture of India: a Sociocultural Study. New Delhi:
Tata McGraw-Hill Pub. Co., 1975. [A study of sexual representation in Hindu
art. Contains b & w illustrations, diagrams, a map of India, a glossary,
and numerous b & w photographs.]
NB1002.D46 1975
Hallade, Madeleine. Etudes
d'Art Indien: la Composition Plastique dans les Reliefs de l'Inde: Art Ancien,
Art Bouddhique Gupta et Postgupta. Pref. de Rene Grousset. Paris: Adrien-Maissoneuve,
1942.
[Text in French. Portfolio containing a text of 107 pages, plates
of illustrations and photographs showing Hindu sculpture at major
sites such as Sanchi, Ajanta, etc.]
NB1002.H3
Textiles
Broderies hindouses. Paris: Ernest Henri, 1926.
[French text; 38 color
plates]
xxNK9276.B7
Riefstahl, Rudolph
Meyer, 1880-1936. Persian and Indian Textiles from the Late Sixteenth to
the Early Nineteenth Century, an Album of Thirty Six Plates. New York:
E. Weyhe, 1923.
[Portfolio containing a nine page text, plate list, and plates. For
material on India, see page 9 of the text, and plates XXVI-XXXVI.]
NK8974.R5
Other
Ramayana. Varanasi: Banaras Hindu University, 1982.
[Great Indian
epic that depicts the story of the national hero RAMA. Color plates
illustrate the epic.]
ND3399.V33R35 1982
Randhawa, Mohindar
Singh, 1909- . The Krishna legend in Pahari painting. New Delhi: Lalit
Kala Akadami, 1956.
[Includes a brief introduction to the legend.
Followed by the text which is accompanied by 12 illustrations.]
N8195.3.K7R3 1956
Tavernier, Jean Baptiste,
Baron d'Aubonne, 1605-1689. Les Six Voyages de Jean Bapt. Tavernier, Ecuyer
Baron d'Aubonne. A la Haye: Henri Scheurleer, 1718. 3 v. (2 pts. each).
[Text in French. Vol. 2, part 1, Discusses India and various other
countries; includes two folding illustrations.]
ND3399.V33R35 1982
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