Sacred Buddhist Painting"Sacred Buddhist Painting is a lucid and readable account of thangka painting - a form of scroll painting integral to Tibetan Buddhist worship. Tibetans were often advised by their religious preceptors to commission a painting for the 'removal' of physical or mental obstacles, or to create the prerequisites for 'a long and healthy life'. Like any other virtuous deed, the commissioning of religious art was believed to earn merit. This book has thangkas from renowned private and public collections the world over and from the collection of H.H. the Dalai Lama's private chapel (Namgyal Monastery), and from his collection donated to the Library of Works and Archives in Dharmasala, India."--Roli Books. |
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... sculpture , of a mural or a mandala , became ineffable ascension . The traditions of Buddhist art were introduced into Tibet from the eastern parts of India . These classical traditions were continued by Nepalese artists . The Central ...
... sculpture , of a mural or a mandala , became ineffable ascension . The traditions of Buddhist art were introduced into Tibet from the eastern parts of India . These classical traditions were continued by Nepalese artists . The Central ...
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... art continued even in its Buddhist application . Born and developed in India the art of Buddhist inspiration has two clearly - defined phases . The first , the Indian period representing Tathagata in symbolic and anthropomorphic form ...
... art continued even in its Buddhist application . Born and developed in India the art of Buddhist inspiration has two clearly - defined phases . The first , the Indian period representing Tathagata in symbolic and anthropomorphic form ...
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... sculpture of central India adopted and at the same time influenced the Gandhara Buddha images . Indian Buddhist art found its classical expression in the art of the Gupta era ( fourth to sixth century AD ) . Buddha images carved in ...
... sculpture of central India adopted and at the same time influenced the Gandhara Buddha images . Indian Buddhist art found its classical expression in the art of the Gupta era ( fourth to sixth century AD ) . Buddha images carved in ...
Contents
Foreword | 7 |
Tibetan Buddhist Iconography | 21 |
Classification of Thangkas | 43 |
Copyright | |
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