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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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