Tibetan Art and History
Tibetan Art and History
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: | 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: | 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: | 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: | 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… |
Product ID: | 9781932476008 |
Book Name: | Portraits Of The Masters: Bronze Sculpture Of The Tibetan Lineages |
Author Name: | Heather Stoddard |
Price: | USD 95 |
Description: | Tibetan Vajrayana Buddhism is rapidly becoming a part of our cultural landscape, an element of human civilisation with its own universal appeal. Nevertheless public awareness remains limited concerning the great teachers and visionaries who over fourteen centuries formulated and expounded the system of thought which in the 21st century seems the most contemporary of the world religions. And yet there is a rich written tradition dating back at least 800 years documenting their lives and teachings, and an even more… |
Product ID: | 9781932476378 |
Book Name: | MONGOLIAN BUDDHIST ART: MASTERPIECES FROM THE MUSEUMS OF MONGOLIA Volume I, Part 1 & 2: Thangkas, Em |
Author Name: | Edited by Zara Fleming and J. Lkhagvademchig Shastri |
Price: | USD 450 |
Description: | Mongolian Buddhist Art: Masterpieces from the Museums of Mongolia presents for the first time 441 masterpieces of Mongolian Buddhist art from five major Mongolian museums: the Bogd Kahn Palace Museum, the Choijin Lama Temple Museum, the Zanabazar Museum of Fine Arts, the Erdene Zuu Museum and the Danzanravjaa Museum. Selected by the Centre for Cultural Heritage in conjunction with the curators of the participating museums, these pieces were chosen for their religious and historical importance, their aesthetic and technical quality,… |
Product ID: | 9781932476385 |
Book Name: | 108 Buddhist Statues in Tibet |
Author Name: | Ulrich von Schroeder |
Price: | USD 40 |
Description: | A comprehensive yet accessible guide to the artistic and stylistic development of Buddhist sculptures in Tibet. Mostly unknown to the outside world, the temples and storerooms of Tibets monasteries shelter a great number of ancient Buddhist objects. Not only are there a great number of Buddhist sculptures and paintings produced by Tibetan artists, but included also are rare examples originating from India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nepal, Burma, and China. These images have withstood sometimes more than one thousand years of warfare… |
Product ID: | 978193247644-6 |
Book Name: | Hidden Treasures of the Himalayas - Tibetan Manuscripts, Paintings and Sculptures of Dolpo |
Author Name: | Amy Heller |
Price: | USD 95 |
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Product ID: | 9782856203965 |
Book Name: | The Forgotten Gods Of Tibet: Early Buddhist Art In The Western Himalayas |
Author Name: | Peter Van Ham, Aglaja Stirn |
Price: | USD 84 |
Description: | The Forgotten Gods Of Tibet: Early Buddhist Art In The Western Himalayas by Peter Van Ham, Aglaja Stirn |
Product ID: | 9782953485509 |
Book Name: | Himalayas: Art & Shamans |
Author Name: | Eric Chazot |
Price: | USD 280 |
Description: | Himalayas: Art & Shamans by Eric Chazot |