Symphony in stone: festivities in early Buddhism

Kaushik, Garima

ISBN: 9788181820365, 8181820363

The study attempts to document and classify the existing references through archaeological (painting and sculptures), literary (primarily non-canonical texts, like the biographies of the Buddha, the Jatakas, travelogues of the Chinese travelers etc.) and epigraphic evidence and to sort them according to the rules of conduct for the monastic as well as the lay mode of living.;

Tabo-gods of light: the Indo-Tibetan masterpiece

Ham, Peter Van

ISBN: 9783777423265, 3777423262

Tabo Monastery, founded in 996 CE, is in the North-Indian Himalayan region of Spiti, Himachal Pradesh. The author has photographed and documented this forbidden sacred place and the result is a stunning visual of outstanding beauty, combined with a concise text.

Tabo: a lamp for the Kingdom, early Indo-Tibetan Buddhist art in the Western Himalaya, with contributions by Christian Luczanits et al

Klimburg-Salter, Deborah E

ISBN: 9788881182091, 8881182092

The main temple of Tabo is one of the masterpieces of Indian and Tibetan art. Built in 996 and renovated in 1042, it is remarkable for its sculptures, decorative paintings etc.

Tangka painting in the collection of the Palace Museum (Chinese)

Wang, Jiapeng

ISBN: 9787513400817, 7513400814

Tara: an exhibition of rare Buddhist Thankas

Das, Sanjib Kumar

Temple architecture and imagery of South and Southeast Asia: Prasadanidhi: papers presented to Professor M.A. Dhaky, ed. by Parul Pandya Dhar & Gerd J.R. Mevissen, foreword ...

ISBN: 9788173055508, 8173055505

Kapila Vatsyayan, in cooperation with Indian Art History Congress and Devangana Desai.

Textiles from Dunhuang in French collections, Chief ed. Zhao Feng

ISBN: 9787811119749, 7811119749

It concerns two of the most prestigious collections (the Musee Guimet and the Bibliotheque Nationale de France), encompassing all the pieces brought back by Paul Pelliot in 1909 after his famous expedition in Central Asia. This publication will greatly enrich the international project focusing on the comprehensive study of the textiles discovered at the beginning of the nineteenth century in Mo...

Textiles from Dunhuang in UK collections, Chief ed. Zhao Feng, tr. by Kuang Yanghua

ISBN: 9787810383240, 7810383248

The main collections of textiles from Dunhuang are in the UK, India, France, Russia and China. There have been very few publications on the Dunhuang textiles in overseas collections. A systematic and scholarly publication on this material was long overdue, to match the great progress that has been made in other areas of Dunhuang studies. It was with this aim that Donghua University initiated th...

Thangka paintings of the Tibetan oral epic King Gesar

Aiming, Zhou et al

ISBN: 9787508525358, 7508525353

Thangka, Buddhist painting of Tibet: biographical paintings of `Phags-pa, comp. and written by Yang Shuwen et al

ISBN: 9787800050022, 7800050025

Thanka painting of the TSANG-PA tradition of Tibet, text in Tibetan and English

Sangpo, Phuntsok

Tibet - Guge: the cultural relics of ancient Western Tibet

Beck, Michael

ISBN: 9789937924566, 9937924561

It is a pictorial book which also gives important information about history and the visible cultural relics.

Tibet: history, art and culture

Gupta, Nita Sen

ISBN: 9788177022773, 8177022776

Tibetan art

Lokesh Chandra

ISBN: 9788189738303, 8189738305

A comprehensive introduction to the complex iconography of Thankas. This book portrays the historic Buddha Sakyamuni, the arhats, spiritual masters, great Lamas and founders of different religious lineages, the preponderance of its images depict supramundane beings.

Tibetan painting: the Jucker Collection, photography by Mischa E. Jucker

Kreijger, Hugo E.

ISBN: 9780906026564, 0906026563

Starting with paintings of the historical Buddha and his emanations and followed by bodhisattvas, historical and mythological figures, protectors of the Buddhist law and tutelary deities, the last part of this publication is devoted to rare Bardo paintings (divinities that appear to the deceased after death), black background scrolls and mandalas. The collection is especially strong in represen...

Tibetan paintings: a study of Tibetan Thankas: eleventh to nineteenth century

Pal, Pratapaditya

ISBN: 9788187330004, 8187330007

Tibetan traditional art and contemporary painting

Gyaltsen, Sherab

ISBN: 9787541047206, 7541047201

Tibetan Tshatsha, compiled by Chen Dan, tr. by H William

ISBN: 9787508522128, 7508522125

`Tshatsha' originates from the Sanskrit, and specifically refers to the demolded clay statues in Tibetan Buddhism.

The timeless art of Ajanta

Satyawadi, Sudha

ISBN: 9788173054303, 8173054304

This book is a humble effort of the author to present her admiration for Ajanta paintings through line drawings.

To the light: a journey through Buddhist Asia

Collins, Sharon

ISBN: 9780393057362, 0393057364

This book is an elegant and often intimate exploration of Tibet, Ladakh, Nepal, China, Thailand, Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam by an expert photographer with an eye for images that reveal Buddhism as a complete, organic way of life. A book which resonates far beyond the first reading. To the light will be treasured by anyone moved by things spiritual, by actual and armchair travelers and by aficion...