One of the finest private collections of Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian art in America is owned by James and Marilynn Alsdorf. This catalogue provides an opportunity for individuals other than scholars and specialists to view the works of art. Assembled over a period of several decades, the Alsdorf collection of over 450 objects covers a wide geographical and chronological range in South and Southeast Asian art. It includes sculpture, jewellery, paintings and architectural elements from India, Nepal, Tibet, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Burma, Thailand and Cambodia and the objects range in date from a medallion from the second century BC to 20th-century sculpture. The author explains the major themes represented in the collection - Hindu gods, Buddhist and Jain subjects, goddesses, human figures, animals and ritual, ornamental and ceremonial objects - and discusses the style, history and iconography of individual pieces.
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The ethics of wrenching sculptures from religious sites all over south Asia to decorate a suburban Chicago swimming pool is debatable, but the quality of the art collection that resulted from this trophy-hunting manner is beyond question. This visual record of an exhibition that is just closing at the Chicago Art Institute presents 368 superb artworks in large-format color photographs, primarily Hindu and Buddhist sculptures from India, Nepal, Thailand, Cambodia, and Indonesia. Smaller black-and-white photos accompany explanatory paragraphs about each piece in a separate section in the back of the book. Because the collection is heavily weighted toward Indian art, it is appropriate that the essay introducing Hindu gods and their representation is the longest, with shorter essays on Buddhist and Jain sculpture and animal imagery. Without extensive historical or critical text and lacking any exploration of the ethical controversy surrounding the ownership of Asian artworks now in Chicago, this volume serves best as an elegant portfolio of first-rate sculpture.?David McClelland, Philadelphia
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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