Iconography of Tibetan Lamaism

Iconography of Tibetan Lamaism
Author: Antoinette K. Gordon
Publsiher: Tuttle Publishing
Total Pages: 198
Release: 2016-09-13
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781462913190

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The Iconography of Tibetan Lamaism is an authoritative text on the specifically Tibetan branch of Buddhism—one which possesses a rich visual history of Buddhist art and Iconagraphy. This book gives a descriptive outline of the principal gods in the Tibetan pantheon, tracing the main features and symbols that are used to denote each one. A Comprehensive illustrated list of the various ritual objects, talismans, symbols, mudras (symbolic hand poses), and asanas and vahanas (position of the lower limbs) that are used in the images of the gods is accompanied with a word list of the Sanskrit terms most commonly encountered in a study of Lamaism. A set of thirty-one thang-kas from the famous collection of Baron A. von Stael-Holstein, formerly of Peking, China, which came to America after the publication of the original edition of the book, has been included in this new and revised edition.

The Iconography of Tibetan Lamaism

The Iconography of Tibetan Lamaism
Author: Antoinette K. Gordon
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 131
Release: 1967
Genre: Art
ISBN: LCCN:67007111

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Tibetan Sacred Art

Tibetan Sacred Art
Author: Detlef Ingo Lauf
Publsiher: Shambhala Publications
Total Pages: 236
Release: 1976
Genre: Art
ISBN: UVA:X002271821

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In the Tibetan highlands Buddhism flowered in the form known as Lamaism, and the presence of religious art in Tibet has been universal, extending even to remote and secluded regions. This comprehensive treatise examines this artistic heritage, aided by copious color plates and line drawings. The iconography of the great Buddhist masters and saints is presented and the mystic and revelatory functions of Tibetan religious art is elucidated.

The Religious Art of Tibet

The Religious Art of Tibet
Author: Ivy Jackson
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 68
Release: 1939
Genre: Art
ISBN: UOM:39015034634355

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Oracles and Demons of Tibet

Oracles and Demons of Tibet
Author: René de Nebesky-Wojkowitz
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 714
Release: 1956
Genre: Bon (Tibetan religion)
ISBN: UOM:39015014261609

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Tibetan Religious Art

Tibetan Religious Art
Author: Antoinette K. Gordon
Publsiher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 136
Release: 2012-11-07
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780486170367

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An informative overview of the intrinsic relationship of Buddhist deities to Tibetan art and well-captioned illustrations: temple paintings, books, wood blocks, ritual objects, robes, masks, metal work, more. 92 black-and-white illustrations.

Tibetan Lamaist Art

Tibetan Lamaist Art
Author: Galerie Kamer (Paris, France),Carin Burrows
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 124
Release: 1970
Genre: Art, Tibetan
ISBN: UOM:39015032697255

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The Bon Religion of Tibet

The Bon Religion of Tibet
Author: Per Kværne
Publsiher: Shambhala Publications
Total Pages: 166
Release: 1995
Genre: Art, Bonpo
ISBN: UCSC:32106013567430

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The Bon religion claims to be the original and authentic religion of the Tibetan people, and to have been firmly established in the Land of Snows long before Buddhism was introduced in the seventh century AD. Although its adherents were gradually reduced to a minority, Bon has nevertheless continued to flourish in many areas up to the present day in Tibet, especially in the eastern and north-eastern regions where a reconstruction and renaissance is taking place, as well as within the Bon community in exile in India. The iconography of the Bon religion is presented through a series of thangkas, miniatures and bronzes from public and private collections in the West, as well as from communities within Tibet and in exile. With a few exceptions they are hitherto unpublished and date from the late fourteenth to mid-twentieth centuries. The peaceful, tutelary, protector and local deities as well as the Bon siddhas, lamas and dakinis are identified and fully described by means of excerpts from ritual or biographical texts which are translated here for the first time.