Books | Media

Titles preceded by an asterisk (*) may be purchased through the Museum Shop. Please call (312) 443-3533 for information or visit our shop at The Art Institute of Chicago.

Titles preceded by a plus sign (+) are available for reference in the Elizabeth Stone Robson Teacher Resource Center. Also available for reference or purchase at the center is the teacher manual American Art and Culture: Curriculum Resource Guide. Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1995.

Books for Adults

Berinstain, Valérie. India and the Mughal Dynasty. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1998.

Campbell, Joseph, and M.J. Abadie. The Mythic Image. Bollingen Series C. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1981.

Coomaraswamy, Ananda Kentish. The Dance of Siva: Fourteen Indian Essays. New York: Dover Publications, 1985.

+Craven, Roy. Indian Art. New York: Thames and Hudson, 1997.

Dehejia, Vidya. Indian Art. London: Phaidon Press, 1998.

Eck, Diana. Darsan: Seeing the Divine Image in India. New York: Columbia University Press, 1994.

Goswamy, B.N. Essence of Indian Art. San Francisco: Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, 1986.

Huntington, Susan L. The Art of Ancient India: Buddhist, Hindu, Jain. New York: Weatherhill, 1984.

Mitchell, George. In the Image of Man: The Indian Perception of the Universe through 2,000 Years of Painting and Sculpture. London: Art Council of Great Britain, 1982.

O'Flaherty, Wendy Doniger et al. Hindu Myths: A Sourcebook Translated from the Sanskrit. New York: Viking Press, 1975.

*+Pal, Pratapaditya. A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection. Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago in association with Thames and Hudson, 1997. et al.

*+Pal, Pratapaditya. Himalayas: An Aesthetic Adventure. Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 2003.

Sen, Geeti. Paintings from the Akbarnama: A Visual Chronicle of Mughal India, Varanasi, India: Lustre Press under arrangement with Rupa, Calcutta, 1984.

Welch, Stuart Cary. India: Art and Culture, 1300—1900. New York: Prestel USA, 1997.

Zimmer, Heinrich, and Joseph Campell, eds. Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilization. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1972.

Books for Children

Bahree, Patricia. The Hindu World. Morristown, N.J.: Silver Burdett Company, 1985.

DeRoin, Nancy, ed. Ellen Lanyon, illus. Jataka Tales: Fables from the Buddha. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1975.

Ions, Veronica. Indian Mythology. Library of the World's Myths and Legends. New York: Peter Bedrick Books, 1984.

Jaffrey, Madhur. Michael Foreman, illus. Seasons of Splendour: Tales, Myths, and Legends of India. New York: Pavilion, 1995.

Rockwell, Anne. Giles Laroch, illus. The Prince Who Ran Away. New York: Random House, 2001.

Sturges, Philemon. Fahimeh Amiri, illus. Sacred Places. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2000.

Wangu, Madhu Bazaz. Hinduism (World Religions). New York: Facts on File, 2001.

--------. Buddhism (World Religions). New York: Facts on File, 1993.

Media

Videos and CD-ROMs

+Art of Indonesia: Tales from the Shadow World. 28 min. Washington, D.C., and New York: National Gallery of Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1990.

Legacy: India: The Empire of the Spirit. 60 min. Produced by Maryland Public Television, 1992. Distributed by Ambrose Video Publishing.

+Puja: Expressions of Devotion. 29 min. Washington, D.C.: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, 1996.

*+Sousa, Jean L. Telling Images: Stories in Art. Exh. cat and CD-ROM. Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1997.

Web Sites

AsiaSource: Arts & Culture
http://www.asiasource.org
Resources on Asian culture, including a glossary of terms (found in "AsiaReference") related to Hinduism, Buddhism, and other south Asia religions

AskAsia.org
http://www.askasia.org
For educators and students, with pages devoted to activities, student exchanges, current events, maps, and "Ask AsiaExperts." Includes a teacher's guide and a special resource for educators on Indian painting.

Himalayan Art Project
http://www.himalayanart.org/nonflash.cfm
Examples of Himalayan and Tibetan art from collections around the world. The "Explorations for Kids and Friends of All Ages" section includes stories for children about the importance of kindness, generosity, and compassion.

Indian Mythology
http://members.tripod.com/~srinivasp/mythology/
Indian myths from a variety of sources for children, educators, and general audiences

Kids Corner: Stories from Hindu Mythology
http://www.indolink.com/Kidz/mythology.html
Hindu myths and stories about Buddha for children

How Does Art Tell Stories? Art from India and Southeast Asia
http://www.seattleartmuseum.org/onlineActivities/ArtStories/
Interactive game that introduces young children to the Hindu god Ganesha, his taste for sweets, and features of Hindu and Buddhist art objects

The Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution
http://www.asia.si.edu/exhibitions/online.htm
Guides for educators created for the Sackler Gallery's 1996 exhibition Puja: Expressions of Devotion, 1999 exhibition Devi: The Great Goddess, and 2002 exhibition The Sensuous and the Sacred: Chola Bronzes from South India

Sculpture of Angkor and Ancient Cambodia
http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/camwel.htm
A virtual tour of the installation of the 1997 National Gallery exhibition Sculpture of Angkor and Ancient Cambodia of Hindu sculpture