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Tibetan Painted Scrolls
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Tibetan Painted Scrolls Hardback - 2006 - 1st Edition

by Giuseppe Tucci; Giuseppe Tucci

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  • Title Tibetan Painted Scrolls
  • Author Giuseppe Tucci; Giuseppe Tucci
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 2
  • Volumes 3
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Orchid Press, Bangkok
  • Publication date July 10, 2006
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9781878529398 / 1878529390
  • Weight 24.55 lbs (11.14 kg)
  • Dimensions 22 x 15 x 5.5 in (55.88 x 38.10 x 13.97 cm)
  • Category Art & Art Instruction
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 99920865
  • Dewey Decimal Code 704.948

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Tibetan Painted Scrolls, 3 vol
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Tibetan Painted Scrolls, 3 vol

by Giusseppe Tucci

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SDI Publications, 1999. Hardcover. Fine/No jacket. 3 volumes, limited to 500 sets. Two volumes text, one volume of plates. " An artistic and symbolic illustration of 172 Tibetan Paintings preceeded by a survey of the historical, artistic, literary and religious development of Tibetan culture, with an article of P/ Pelliot on a Mongol edict, the translation of historical documents and an appendix on prebuddhistic ideas of Tibet." In fine conditon.
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Tibetan Painted Scrolls

by Tucci, Giuseppe

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ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9781878529398 / 1878529390
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Bangkok: SDI, 1999. A new edition of Tucci's seminal work on Tibetan Buddhist painting, first published in 1949, original copies of which have long been unobtainable. Based on his prodigious linguistic skills and pioneering field research throughout the Himalayan kingdoms, Tucci virtually rewrote the history of Tibetan Buddhist painting with the original post-war edition of this book and created a foundation upon which all later historical studies, particularly on western Tibet and Nepal, now stand. Tucci commences the study (text vol. I) with surveys on the literature, lineages and traditions of Tibetan Vajrayana Buddhism and supplements this with descriptions of a number of major Tibetan monastic complexes which no longer survive, as a result of the ravages of Mao's Cultural Revolution. He then explores the thangka painting tradition in detail, covering such topics as origins, evolution, symbolism, iconometry, consecration ceremonies, as well as artistic influences from neighbouring Nepal and China.… Read more
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A$2,197.74
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