The Dalai Lama's Secret Temple

Tantric Wall Paintings from Tibet

Buch | Softcover

216 Seiten

2011
Thames & Hudson Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-500-28961-7 (ISBN)

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During the brief reign of the Sixth Dalai Lama, who built the Lukhang Temple in the 18th century, unknown artists created a series of mysterious paintings on its chapel walls; comparable in quality and ambition to the Sistine Chapel in Rome. This title reproduces these masterpieces of Tibetan art.

On a willow-covered island behind Tibet’s Potala Palace is a small pagoda roofed Khang, or temple, a place reserved exclusively for the Dalai Lamas as a place of meditation and spiritual retreat. During the brief reign of the Sixth Dalai Lama, who built the Lukhang Temple in the 18th century, unknown artists created a series of mysterious paintings on its chapel walls; comparable in quality and ambition to the Sistine Chapel in Rome, these masterpieces of Tibetan art are superbly reproduced here in this extraordinary publication, which is now available in paperback. This treasure of Tibetan Buddhist spirituality is presented in a magnificent and sumptuous large format edition. The vivid detail, rich colour and awe-inspiring impact of this path to spiritual liberation can at last be experienced outside the Lukhang Chapel.

Ian Baker has studied Tibetan art and culture for more than thirty years. Among his other books is The Tibetan Art of Healing, also published by Thames & Hudson. Thomas Laird's photographs have appeared in leading travel publications.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	19.9.2011
Zusatzinfo	38 Illustrations, black and white; 150 Illustrations, color
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	240 x 320 mm
Gewicht	1320 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Malerei / Plastik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Buddhismus
ISBN-10	0-500-28961-1 / 0500289611
ISBN-13	978-0-500-28961-7 / 9780500289617
Zustand	Neuware