Art of Tibet: A Catalogue of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art CollectionUniversity of California Press, 1983 M01 1 - 280 pages |
Contents
Preface and Acknowledgments | 11 |
Pratapaditya | 13 |
General Introduction | 14 |
Mountains and | 15 |
Monks and Monarchs | 23 |
The Way and the Goal | 35 |
4I Images and Symbols | 41 |
The Patron and the Artist | 49 |
Introduction | 185 |
Catalogue | 191 |
Ritual Objects | 220 |
Introduction | 232 |
Catalogue | 240 |
Text and Translation of Selected Inscriptions on Tibetan Works in the Museums Collection H E Richardson | 258 |
Tibetan Pronunciation | 264 |
Glossaries of Selected Sanskrit and Tibetan Terms | 265 |
Form and Fantasy | 55 |
Color Plates | 65 |
Painting | 95 |
Introduction | 114 |
Catalogue | 123 |
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Trustees and Supervisors | 280 |
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Alice Heeramaneck Collection Amitabha Amitayus arhat Atisa Avalokitesvara bkra blue bodhisattva bronze Buddha Buddhist central figure Central Tibet China Chinese chöten Collection Museum Collection Museum Associates colors cosmic Dalai Lama Dampa Sangye deities depicted Dieux et démons divine donor Dorje dPal dynasty eastern fifteenth century Gelukpa gesture Gift goddess Guge Gyantse head Heeramaneck Collection Museum Hindu holds iconography identified important Indian inscription Kagyupa Karmapa Kashmir Kham Ladakh landscape lineage lotus lotuses Mahakala mahasiddhas mandala Manjusri mantra manuscript Milarepa monks motif murals Museum Associates Purchase Nasli and Alice Nepal Newari Ngor Pala pantheon phurpa plate portrait Prajnaparamita rdo rje religion religious represented rgyal right hand ritual robes Sakyapa Sakyapa monastery Sanskrit sculpture seated skullcup style stylistic stylized symbol tantric tathagata temple thanka throne thunderbolt Tibetan art Tibetan artists Tibetan monasteries Tibetan paintings tradition Tucci Vajrabhairava Vajrapani Vajrayana wears western Tibet Yab-Yum yidam yogi