Art of Nepal: A Catalogue of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art CollectionUniversity of California Press, 1985 M01 1 - 257 pages |
Contents
Foreword Earl A Powell | 9 |
Preface and Acknowledgments | 11 |
General Introduction | 13 |
Prologue | 15 |
Historical Background | 17 |
The Patron and the Artist | 21 |
The Realm of the Immortals | 23 |
Form and Function | 34 |
ModelBooks and Manuals | 143 |
Introduction | 145 |
Catalogue | 153 |
Paintings | 154 |
Introduction | 185 |
Catalogue | 192 |
Appendix | 200 |
Selected Inscriptions | 233 |
Sources and Influences | 36 |
Color Plates | 41 |
Sculptures | 79 |
Introduction | 81 |
Catalogue | 88 |
Glossary | 239 |
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Common terms and phrases
Alice Heeramaneck Collection Amitabha Amoghapasa attributes aureole Avalokitesvara Bhairava Bhaktapur bodhisattva Book of Iconographic bronze Buddha Buddhist deities Buddhist goddess century Ink Chakrasamvara Collection Museum Collection Museum Associates Color plate composition crown dancing demon depicted divine Durga Early Malla example figure Ganesa Garuda Gift of Dr head Heeramaneck Collection Museum Hindu Hindu and Buddhist iconographic Iconographic Drawings identified illustrated images Indian Indra inscription Kathmandu Valley known Krishna Kumara left hand Lichchhavi Lichchhavi period Lokesvara mahasiddhas Malla period mandala Manjusri manuscript monasteries Mother Goddesses Museum Associates Purchase Nasli and Alice Navadurga Nepal Nepali art Nepali artists Nepali painting Newari ornaments Pancharaksha paper Average folio paubha posture Prajnaparamita religious representations represented right hand rite rituals Saiva Samvara Sanskrit sculpture seated shrine Siva sketchbooks sketches Slusser stupa style stylistic symbolizing Tara temple terra-cotta thunderbolt Tibet Tibetan Uma-Mahesvara vajracharya Vajrapani Vajrayana Vasudhara Vishnu Vishnu mandala waterpot worshiped