Research Catalog

Title

Desire and devotion : art from India, Nepal, and Tibet in the John and Berthe Ford collection / Pratapaditya Pal ; with an essay by Hiram Woodward.

Author

Pal, Pratapaditya

Publication

Baltimore : Walters Art Museum ; London : Philip Wilson Publishers, c2001.

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Holdings

Details

Additional Authors

• Woodward, Hiram W.
• Walters Art Museum (Baltimore, Md.)
• Santa Barbara Museum of Art.
• Albuquerque Museum.
• Birmingham Museum of Art (Birmingham, Ala.)

Description

348 p. : col. ill., map, port.; 30 cm.

Summary

"The collection of John and Berthe Ford represents one of the most important private holdings of Indian and Himalayan art in the world. Certain objects have been widely exhibited; others have never been publicly shown. The exhibition and the accompanying publication bring together works from both India and the Himalayas, demonstrating the range and depth of the Ford collection, providing an extraordinary overview of 2,000 years of history; and illustrating enduring themes in the art of Southeast Asia with outstanding works of art." "The catalogue is accompanied by two introductory essays: "Introduction: Desire and Devotion," by Pratapaditya Pal, and "Artistic Production, Religious Practice: Material and Ideological Constraints," by Hiram Woodward."--Jacket.

Alternative Title

Art from India, Nepal, and Tibet in the John and Berthe Ford collection

Subject

• Ford, John Gilmore, 1928- > Art collections > Exhibitions
• Ford, Berthe > Art collections > Exhibitions
• Ford, John Gilmore, 1928- > Art collections
• Ford, Berthe > Art collections
• Art, Indic > Private collections > Catalogs
• Art, Nepali > Private collections > Catalogs
• Art, Tibetan > Private collections > Catalogs
• Art, Indic
• Art, Nepali
• Art, Tibetan

Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogues (form)

Note

• Catalog of an exhibition held at the Walters Art Museum, Oct. 20, 2001-Jan. 13, 2002, the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Mar. 2-June 2, 2002, the Albuquerque Museum, Sept. 7, 2002-Jan. 5, 2003, and the Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, Ala., Mar. 9-May 25, 2003.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-342) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

ISBN

• 0856675377 (hardcover)
• 0911886532 (softcover)

OCLC

• 48529465
• SCSB-10120362

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library