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TIBETAN PAINTINGS: A Study of Tibetan Thankas Eleventh to Nineteenth Centuries.
by PAL, Pratapaditya
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New Delhi [1988], Time. Red cloth, very good, 225p., 116 color & b. w. photos, 10 b.w. figures, dj., bibliograhy, appendix, index, clean solid copy. A LIMITED FIRST EDITON OF 1500 COPIES A magnificient reference work, covers in much detail visions & visualizations, the Kadampa & Sakyapa styles. Thankas from Western Tibet, landscape tradition, the age of the Dalai Lama.This work is the first attempt since Tucci's monumental opus on Tibetan painting in 1949. A lucid & concise analysis of the styles and aesthetics of Tibetan Thankas. Emphasis on earlier styles which flourished between the 11th & 15th cen- turies, the majority of the illustrations are from hitherto unpublished Thankas. A highly useful and valuable monograph. .
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- TIBETAN PAINTINGS: A Study of Tibetan Thankas Eleventh to Nineteenth Centuries.
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- PAL, Pratapaditya
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- Chinese Art: References On All Aspects & Disciplines; Tibet: All Items: Land, Her People, Mountains, Culture & Ethnology; Tibetan Art References: All Disciplines Of Art & Art History; Buddhism: All Native Asian Religions & Beliefs;
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