Art of Tibet: A Catalogue of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art CollectionThe Museum, 1990 - 343 pages Intense colours and fanciful depictions of the Buddhist deities distinguish the art of Tibet. This catalogue raisonne of Tibetan art outside its native land provides an accessible introduction to the subject. The history of Tibetan thanka painting is particularly well-represented. |
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Foreword Earl A Powell | 9 |
Preface to the Expanded Edition | 10 |
General Introduction | 14 |
Copyright | |
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Alice Heeramaneck Collection Amitabha Amitayus arhats Atisa aureole Avalokitesvara blue bodhisattva bronze Buddha Sakyamuni Buddhist central figure Central Tibet China Chinese chopper chöten Collection Museum Collection Museum Associates colors Dalai Lama Dampa Sangye deities depicted Dieux et démons donor Dorje eastern fifteenth century Gelukpa gesture Gift goddess Guge Gyantse head Heeramaneck Collection Museum Hindu holds iconographic identified Indian inscription Kagyupa Karmapa Kashmiri Kham known Kunga Ladakh landscape lotus lotuses Mahakala mahasiddhas mandala Manjusri mantra manuscript Milarepa monks motif murals Museum Associates Purchase Nasli and Alice Nepal Newari Ngor Padmasambhava Pala phurpa plate portrait Prajnaparamita religious rendered represented rgyal right hand ritual robes Sakyapa Sakyapa monastery Sangpo sculpture seated shrine silver skullcup style stylistic stylized symbols tantric Tathagata temple thanka throne thunderbolt Tibetan art Tibetan Buddhism Tibetan monasteries Tibetan paintings tradition Tucci turquoise Vajrabhairava Vajrapani Vajrayana wears western Tibet yab-yum yidam