From Monumental Templates To Vivid Wall-Paintings - A Richly Illustrated Showcase For The Art Of Tibet In All Its Glory Tibet Is An Eye-Opening Introduction To This Extraordinary Culture Covering Themes That Have Long Preoccupied The Popular Imagination, Including: The Intricate, Multicoloured Mandalas, Which Are A Vision Of The Entire, Unfolding Universe; The Hero-Saints, Who Travelled Through Tibet Fighting The Spirits Of The Mountains And Valleys; The Dalai Lamas, Eternally Reborn Incarnations Of The Great Bodhisattva Of Compassion; And The Ferocious, Sword-Wielding, Multilimbed Gods That Act As Guardians To The Land And Its Religions. These Major Themes, And Many More, Are Interpreted Visually Through Iconography, Pattern, Motif And Symbolism, As Well As In Terms Of Their Underlying Historical And Spiritual Significance. A Superb Addition To Any Library Of Art And Imagination, Tibet Sets New Standards In Capturing The Achievements Of This Awe-Inspiring Civilization Through The Marriage Of Word And Image. This Book Feautres A Foreword By His Holiness The Dalai Lama.
- ISBN10 1844830551
- ISBN13 9781844830558
- Publish Date 16 September 2004 (first published 2 September 1999)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 3 February 2011
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Watkins Media
- Imprint Duncan Baird Publishers
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback (A-Format (178x111 mm))
- Pages 144
- Language English