Buddhism in India & Sri Lanka reading list
Standing figure of the Buddha Sakyamuni, East India, Late 6th - early 7th century. Museum no. IS.3-2004
Foucher A, The Life of the Buddha, Westwood, Greenwood Press, 1963
Huntington, S and J, Leaves from the Bodhi Tree: The Art of Pala India (8th-12th centuries) and its International Legacy, Seattle and London, 1990
Lopez, Donald, Buddhist Scriptures, London, Penguin Classics, 2004
Lyons I & Ingholt H, Gandharan Art in Pakistan, New York, Pantheon, 1957
Schroeder, Ulrich v, Buddhist Sculpture in Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, Dharma Publications, 1990
Wladimir Zwalf, Buddhism; Art and Faith, London, British Museum Publications
Zwalf Wladimir, Gandhara Sculpture, A Catalogue of the British Museum Collections, 2 vols., London, British Museum Press, 1996
Ballgowns: British Glamour Since 1950
From 19 May 2012 the V&A celebrates the opening of the newly renovated Fashion Galleries with an exhibition of beautiful ballgowns, red carpet evening dresses and catwalk showstoppers.
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Luxury Goods from India: The Art of the Indian Cabinet-Maker
Highlights key objects from the V&A's unrivalled collection of furniture and objets d'art from India and Sri Lanka.
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Thu 19 July 2012–Sat 21 July 2012
CONFERENCE: The V&A and the University of Reading are organising an international conference related to the major AHRC project, ‘Giving Voice to the Nation': the Arts Council of Great Britain and the development of theatre and Performance in Britain 1945-1995.
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