World Religion

Docent Guide new 7.29.16

Routes using gallery 12 - 1.21.14 Routes using gallery 25 - 9.24.13

Booklet to take home 9.31.13

Training Videos - Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10

Required and Suggested Works of Art

• Gallery 1

  • Cycladic Female figure

  • Egyptian Male Relief figure

• Gallery 2

  • • Tondo, Granacci, Adoration of the Child

    • Triptych, Madonna and Child with Saints

      • 1937 article on HAA Triptych acquisition

• Gallery 11

  • Bulu Rice god

    • "Standing Bulul Rice God" - info from the New South Wales Art Gallery

• Gallery 12

  • Eskimo masks

  • Raven rattle

  • False face mask

  • NZ jade ancestor figure

  • Micronesian ancestor

  • PNG ancestor

  • Baining Mask

  • African twin figures

  • African fire mask

  • Xipe priest in flayed skin

  • Dog with mask

• Gallery 17

  • Bi Disc

  • Polo Horses

  • Bronze Ding, mirrors

• Gallery 19

  • • Gandharan Buddha and Bodhisattva

  • Kannon

  • Kuan Yin

  • Avalokitesvara

• Gallery 24/23

  • • Stele of Hindu Deities (Shiva, Parvati, Vishnu, Brahma)

    • Vishnu as a boar (mask)

    • Varaha (Boar) Avatar Story

  • Dancing Krishna

    • Sleeping Krishna (left side of the wooden pillars)

  • Krishna the flute player

    • 3 Vishnu stone stele with weapons, 1 with avatars

  • Chariot panel with blue Krishna playing the flute

• Gallery 25 (backup gallery if 12 is in use -- see routes)

  • • Gecko in Indonesia

    • Balinese Gecko Story

  • Pig Charm (Tuntun)

    • Pig-trap charm info from the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney AUS

  • Shaman's box

  • Kris handle

    • Indian Garuda & Cambodian Garuda

    • Lizard

  • Spirit Ship

  • Dragon door

  • Ceremonial stool

• Gallery 26

  • • Islamic mirhab & Secular Objects

    • The Nature of Islamic Art - article from The Met

    • Calligraphy in Islamic Art

    • Plant Motifs in Islamic Art from the Victoria and Albert Museum

Additional Background Information

• Amaterasu Story from the Asian Art Museum

• Indian God Story from the Asian Art Msueum

  • The 10 Avatars of Vishnu (Hinduism)

• Iconography of the Buddha - Victoria and Albert Museum

• Islam, the Religion - The David Collection

• Religion Comparison Chart from Pathos.com

OLD Route and Required pieces

Docent Guide draft for discussion 8.1.13

Docent Guide new 9.30.13