Worlds of TransformationFrom the highly respected authors of Abrams' acclaimed Wisdom and Compassion: The Sacred Art of Tibet comes a new volume devoted to 200 sublime Tibetan thangka paintings from the premier New York collection of Shelley and Donald Rubin. The works span the 12th through 20th centuries and the spectrum of Tibetan artistic schools; each one is reproduced in color and most are published here for the first time.This magnificent volume presents an analysis of each painting in terms of iconography and religious meaning, style, regional lineage, and sources. In addition, David Jackson discusses the paintings of the Kagyupa order in the Rubin Collection.This volume continues the authors' groundbreaking efforts to understand the complexity of Tibetan art, and seeks to make these splendid and profound works accessible to a wider public. |
Contents
His Holiness the Dalai Lama | 7 |
STYLES SOURCES AND SCHOOLS | 45 |
SOME KARMA KAGYUPA PAINTINGS | 75 |
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18th century 18th century Tangka adept Amitabha arhat artists Atisha Avalokiteshvara bliss blue bodhisattva body Buddhist Central Regions Chakrasamvara Chinese clouds color dakinis depicted Dharma disciples distemper on cotton Dorjey early Eastern Tibet eight elements enlightenment Father-Mother fierce Fifth Dalai Lama four-armed Ganden Gelukpa gesture Guge halo holding Indian inscription Jackson jewel Kadampa Kagyu Kagyupa Kalachakra Karma Gardri Karmapa Kham Khyenri king landscape late 18th Lhasa lineage lotus lower Mahakala main figure Maitreya mandala Manjushri master Menri Milarepa monastery monastic monk Nyingma Padma Sambhava palace Panchen Lama Penden Lhamo pigments on cotton probably protector Rhie and Thurman Rinpoche robes Rubin collection Sakya Sakyapa scenes second half Shakyamuni Buddha Shambhala sits sized pigments skullbowl stupa style stylistic symbolizing Tantra Tantric Tashi Lhunpo monastery teaching throne Tibetan art Tibetan painting tradition tree Tsong Khapa vajra Vajradhara Vajrapani wall paintings wisdom Yamantaka yogin