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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…
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Tibetan Painted Scrolls Hardcover - 2006 - 1st Edition
by Giuseppe Tucci; Giuseppe Tucci
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- Title Tibetan Painted Scrolls
- Author Giuseppe Tucci; Giuseppe Tucci
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 2
- Volumes 3
- Language ENG
- Publisher Orchid Press, Bangkok
- 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)
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 99920865
- Dewey Decimal Code 704.948
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