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Kathryn H. Selig Brown and
John Bigelow Taylor (photographer)
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Prestel Pub
Publication date
October 25, 2012
Pages
263
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
Slp
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9783791347561
ISBN-10
379134756X
Dimensions
1.50 by 11.50 by 14 in.
Weight
7.10 lbs.
Published in
Europe
Original list price
$95.00
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DESIRE AND DEVOTION: Art from India, Nepal, and Tibet | Portraits of the Masters | Discovering Tibet | A Tibetan Artistic Genius and His Tradition | The Cultural Monuments of Tibet | Tabo - Gods of Light | Himalayas | Patan Museum | Art of Tibet
DESIRE AND DEVOTION: Art from India, Nepal, and Tibet | Portraits of the Masters | Discovering Tibet | A Tibetan Artistic Genius and His Tradition | The Cultural Monuments of Tibet | Tabo - Gods of Light | Himalayas | Patan Museum | Art of Tibet
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: This elegant volume is the first comprehensive published study in English of the finely carved wooden covers designed to protect fragile Tibetan Buddhist texts. From the 11th through 14th centuries, Tibetan monks worked tirelessly to transcribe the life and teachings of the Buddha onto paper. Highly skilled craftsmen then covered these pages with wooden boards that had been elaborately and painstakingly carved, gilded, and painted. The MacLean Collection, based in Chicago, has significant holdings of these extremely rare and ornately decorated objects. The first and most comprehensive of its kind, this lavishly produced, oversize volume features numerous illustrations of magnificent book covers from Tibet as well as several examples from other cultures. The volume tells the fascinating history of these objects, examines the materials from which they were carved, and traces stylistic influences from Kashmir, India, Nepal, and China.
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Hardcover
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With John Bigelow Taylor (other contributor) |
Slp edition from Prestel Pub (October 25, 2012)
9783791347561 | details & prices | 263 pages | 11.50 × 14.00 × 1.50 in. | 7.10 lbs | List price $95.00
About: This elegant volume is the first comprehensive published study in English of the finely carved wooden covers designed to protect fragile Tibetan Buddhist texts.
About: This elegant volume is the first comprehensive published study in English of the finely carved wooden covers designed to protect fragile Tibetan Buddhist texts.
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