Tibetan Art and History
Tibetan Art and History
Product ID: | 978-8177421064 |
Book Name: | Taxila: An Illustrated Account Of Archaeological Excavations Carried Out At Taxila (Three Volumes) |
Author Name: | Sir John Marshall |
Price: | USD 250 |
Description: | Taxila: An Illustrated Account OF Archaeological Excavations Carried Out At Taxila Under The Orders of The Government OF India Between The Years 1913 And 1934 |
Product ID: | 978-8184003116 |
Book Name: | The History of Bhutan |
Author Name: | Karma Phuntsho |
Price: | USD 30 |
Description: | The first-ever full length history of Bhutan by one of its most pre-eminent scholars In recent years, the remote kingdom of Bhutan has increasingly attracted the attention of the world. In 2008, it emerged as the worlds youngest democracy and in the same year crowned the worlds youngest monarch. This was followed by the new Kings colourful wedding in 2011. Today, it continues to enchant the rest of the world with its policy of Gross National Happiness and has become… |
Product ID: | 978-8874395194 |
Book Name: | Masks Of the Himalayas |
Author Name: | Dominique Blanc, Arnaud Hauterives, Bérénice Geoffroy-Schneiter |
Price: | USD 45 |
Description: | This is the first book dedicated exclusively to the subject of the Himalayan mask. Mysterious, sacred, and unusual, the masks of the Himalayas only recently arrived in the West. Unlike African or Oceanic masks, whose discovery by early twentieth-century artists altered the conception of art by their influence on Cubism, Himalayan masks only became accessible to collectors following the opening up of Nepal in the 1960s. Spanning all religious influences in the Himalayan region—Hindu and Buddhist, animist and shamanic—and covering… |
Product ID: | 978-9383098040 |
Book Name: | Kailash And Manasarovar: A Quest Beyond The Himalaya |
Author Name: | Deb Mukharji |
Price: | USD 34 |
Description: | Kailash And Manasarovar: A Quest Beyond The Himalaya by Deb Mukharji |
Product ID: | 978-962-7049-12- |
Book Name: | Tibetan Art of the Alain Bordier Foundation |
Author Name: | Ulrich Von Schroeder & Heidi Von Schroeder |
Price: | USD 14.95 |
Description: | Tibetan Art of the Alain Bordier Foundation Author: Ulrich Von Schroeder & Heidi Von Schroeder |
Product ID: | 9780195097146 |
Book Name: | Treasures Of Tibetan Art: Collections Of The Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art |
Author Name: | Barbara Lipton, Nima Dorjee Ragnubs |
Price: | USD 90 |
Description: | "There is a real danger of the disappearance of the unique Tibetan culture. So at such a time, this kind of work is very, very useful, very helpful....I feel that I see part of a Tibetan antique collection, ancient Tibetan things." So commented the fourteenth Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, upon visiting the Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art. Founded in 1945 by Jacques Marchais (the professional named adopted by the private collector Jacqueline Klauber), this well-known, yet infrequently visited museum… |
Product ID: | 9780295990293 |
Book Name: | The Antiquity Of Nepalese Wood Carving |
Author Name: | ary Slusser (author), Paul Jett (author) |
Price: | USD 80 |
Description: | Previously considered to be no earlier than the thirteenth century, the earliest of these wooden masterpieces have now been clearly demonstrated to date from the sixth or seventh century, the time of the Licchavis, lords of Nepal from about 300 to 850. Slusser has used an important scientific tool, radiocarbon dating, to help realign -- and correct -- our overly conservative accepted perceptions of the antiquity of Nepalese wood sculpture. The book is bolstered by the meticulous and painstaking research… |
Product ID: | 9780295993591 |
Book Name: | Bodies in Balance: The Art of Tibetan Medicine |
Author Name: | Theresia Hofer |
Price: | USD 90 |
Description: | Bodies in Balance: The Art of Tibetan Medicine is the first comprehensive, interdisciplinary exploration of the triangular relationship among the Tibetan art and science of healing (Sowa Rigpa), Buddhism, and arts and crafts. This book is dedicated to the history, theory, and practice of Tibetan medicine, a unique and complex system of understanding body and mind, treating illness, and fostering health and well-being. Sowa Rigpa has been influenced by Chinese, Indian, and Greco-Arab medical traditions but is distinct from them.… |
Product ID: | 9780415711159 |
Book Name: | The Return Of The Buddha: Ancient Symbols For A New Nation |
Author Name: | Himanshu Prabha Ray |
Price: | USD 25 |
Description: | Himanshu Prabha Ray is Chairperson of National Monuments Authority, New Delhi, and former Professor, Centre for Historical Studies (CHS), Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. |
Product ID: | 9780500275597 |
Book Name: | Kailash: On Pilgrimage to the Sacred Mountain of Tibet |
Author Name: | Kerry Moran and Russell Johnson |
Price: | USD 30 |
Description: | Mount Kailas, in a remote corner of Western Tibet, has been a pilgrimage site for over 1000 years. In the few years during which foreigners were permitted to visit Kailas, the authors spent long periods in the region. This is their account of an extraordinary experience. |
Product ID: | 9780500976920 |
Book Name: | Jokhang: Tibets Most Sacred Buddhist Temple |
Author Name: | Gyurme Dorje, Tashi Tsering, Heather Stoddard, Andre Alexander |
Price: | USD 104 |
Description: | Lying at the center of an ancient network of Buddhist temples in the Great Temple of Lhasa, the Jokhang Temple is the heart of spiritual and economic life in Tibet. This UNESCO World Heritage Site is the atmospheric focal point of Lhasa, from which bustling narrow lanes of commerce radiate outward in all directions. This landmark publication is illustrated with photographs taken over eight decades, and is introduced by the personal reminiscences of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Gyurme Dorje… |
Product ID: | 9780731304284 |
Book Name: | Dancig to the Flute: Music and Dance in Indian Art |
Author Name: | Jim Masselos, Jackie Menzies, Pratapaditya Pal |
Price: | USD 90 |
Description: | Music and dance, the subject most prevalent and so important in Indian art, plays the central role in this breathtaking exhibition: Dancing to the Flute. Never has there been a show that covers in such breadth and depth of the subject. It brings together 200 works of art from museum collections, private collections, and art galleries worldwide. Stone, bronze and wood sculptures, paintings, textiles, and musical instruments, ranging in date from the first to the twentieth century, are among… |
Product ID: | 9780834803947 |
Book Name: | Tibetan Art: Towards A definition Of Style |
Author Name: | Jane Casey Singer And Philip Denwood |
Price: | USD 200 |
Description: | Tibetan Art: Towards A definition Of Style by Jane Casey Singer And Philip Denwood |
Product ID: | 9780861710980 |
Book Name: | DEITIES OF TIBETAN BUDDHISM: The Zurich Paintings |
Author Name: | Martin Brauen, trans by Martin Willson |
Price: | USD 240 |
Description: | This is the most encyclopedic reference book of Tibetan images of enlightenment ever presented. Full color illustrations are reproduced here from a set of hand-painted woodblock prints created in 1810. This rare collection is presented along with extensive explanations of the meditative visualizations, mantras, and symbolism around each figure. |
Product ID: | 9780898003451 |
Book Name: | Tibet in Pictures |
Author Name: | Li Gotami, Govinda |
Price: | USD 60 |
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Product ID: | 9780984519026 |
Book Name: | Mirror of the Buddha: Early Portraits form Tibet |
Author Name: | David P. Jackson |
Price: | USD 90 |
Description: | In their art, Tibetans aimed at faithfully transmitting and preserving Buddhism as a spiritual discipline as they had learned it from earlier teachers. Each thangka painting was a small contribution to the larger cause of keeping Buddhism alive and radiant. In this third volume on Tibetan painting, David Jackson investigates painted portraits of early Tibetan teachers. Images of these eminent personages embodied Buddhist ideals in human form. In creating these depictions, Tibetan painters of the 12th through the 14th… |
Product ID: | 9780984519057 |
Book Name: | The Place of Provenance: Regional Styles in Tibetan Painting |
Author Name: | David P. Jackson |
Price: | USD 90 |
Description: | "Historians of Tibetan painting struggle to establish such basic points as iconographical content, place of origin, age, religious affiliation, and painting school or style, especially when confronted by portable works that were removed from their original monasteries and scattered throughout the world. In this groundbreaking catalog, the authors locate paintings geographically using the method similar to that used for locating paintings in time. In both cases they identify the historical people connected with the painting through analyzing the portraits,… |
Product ID: | 9780984519071 |
Book Name: | Painting Traditions of the Drigung Kagyu School |
Author Name: | David P. Jackson |
Price: | USD 90 |
Description: | Though the Drigung Kagyu was one of the most prominent and powerful schools of Tibetan Buddhism during its early period (12th - 14th century), its art is still relatively poorly known, even among Tibetans. With its mother monastery destroyed twice, once in the late 13th century and again during the Great Cultural Revolution, much of the art was lost or dispersed. The iconography of the Drigung School is examined with regard to its three main periods - early, middle, and… |
Product ID: | 9780991224111 |
Book Name: | A Revolutionary Artist of Tibet: Khyentse Chenmo of Gongkar |
Author Name: | David P. Jackson |
Price: | USD 90 |
Description: | In A Revolutionary Artist of Tibet author David Jackson focuses on the Khyenri style, the least known among the three major painting styles of Tibet, dating from the mid-fifteenth through the seventeenth century. The painting of Khyentse Chenmo, the founder of the Khyenri style who flourished from the 1450s to the 1490s, was significant for his radical rejection of the prevailing, classic Indic (especially Nepalese-inspired) styles with formal red backgrounds, enthusiastically replacing them with the intense greens and blues of Chinese landscapes.… |
Product ID: | 9781559392570 |
Book Name: | Tibetan Thangka Painting: Methods And Materials |
Author Name: | David Jackson |
Price: | USD 43 |
Description: | Tibetan Thangka Painting is the only detailed description of the techniques and principles of the sacred art of Tibetan scroll painting. It is the distillation of research carried out over a period of ten years, collected during five journeys to Nepal and India, and compiled from some twenty traditional painters. This book presents, step-by-step, the techniques used to make a thangka from the preparation of the canvas to the final application of the sacred syllables behind each completed figure. Separate… |