Kossak, "Sacred Visions: Early Paintings from Central Tibet"

Kossak, "Sacred Visions: Early Paintings from Central Tibet"
1999 | ISBN: 0870998617, 0870998625 | English | PDF | 240 pages | 97 Mb

Devoted to a period of extraordinary cultural achievement – from the 11th to the mid-15th century – when Tibet became known as the Buddhist holy land – this book accompanies a major touring show opening at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art in October 1998. It includes a collection of exquisite "thankas" (paintings) that incorporated traditions from eastern India, Nepal and China as well as the Tibetans' own Buddhist imagery. Though Tibet was closed to the West until the early-20th century, many thankas have survived in Western collections and these have been brought together on exhibition for the first time. The book also features scholarly essays that provide historical, stylistic and technical information.

Table of contents
Director's Foreword

Acknowledgments
Lenders to the Exhibition
Note to the Reader

Map of the Region

The Cultural Roots of Early Central Tibetan Painting
Jane Casey Singer

The Development of Style in Early Central Tibetan Painting

Steven M. Kossak

Catalogue

Realizations: Reflections on Technique in Early Central Tibetan Painting

Robert Bruce-Gardner

Glossary

Notes
Bibliography of Works Cited

Index

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