The Dallas Museum of Art announced the publication of the first catalogue dedicated to exploring the Museum’s collection of over 450 works of South and Southeast Asian art. The Arts of India, Southeast Asia, and the Himalayas at the Dallas Museum of Art is the second in a series of catalogues documenting the magnificent works in the DMA’s encyclopedic collection, following the 2009 publication of The Arts of Africa at the Dallas Museum of Art. The catalogue draws both from historical sources and from contemporary research to examine over 140 sculptures, architectural pieces, and other works of art that represent the many cultures and religions of India, Southeast Asia, and the Himalayas. Both visually and intellectually compelling, the catalogue celebrates the beauty and diversity of South and Southeast Asian art, as well as its social and historic significance.
The richly illustrated 264-page book was written by Dr. Anne R. Bromberg, Ph.D., the DMA’s Cecil and Ida Green Curator of Ancient and Asian Art, with contributions by scholars Catherine B. Asher, Frederick M. Asher, Robert Warren Clark, and Nancy Tingley.
The Arts of India, Southeast Asia, and the Himalayas at the Dallas Museum of Art is written by Anne Bromberg, The Cecil and Ida Green Curator of Ancient and Asian Art at the Dallas Museum of Art, with contributions by Catherine B. Asher, professor of art history at the University of Minnesota; Frederick M. Asher, chair of the department of art history at the University of Minnesota; Robert Warren Clark, coordinator of the Tibetan Language Program at Stanford University; and Nancy Tingley, an independent curator of Southeast Asian art. The catalogue is published by the Dallas Museum of Art and distributed by Yale University Press. (Publication date: February 28, 2013; Price: $65.00; ISBN-10: 0300149883; ISBN-13: 978-0300149883). www.dm-art.org