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Discovering Tibet
The explorations of Giuseppe Tucci, the founder of modern Tibetanology, as reflected in period photographs and masterpieces of Tibetan painting from the eleventh to the eighteenth centuries. Tibetan culture and artistic tradition were virtually unknown in the West until the eight major expeditions led by Giuseppe Tucci between 1926 and 1948. This catalog retraces his travels through period photographs and his contributions to the study of Tibetan art. In addition to Tucci's photographs, it presents a collection of paintings from the eleventh to the eighteenth centuries, enabling readers to discover Tibetan art with particular reference to compositional style, iconography, and the reading of a tangka.
Text, Image and Song In Transdisciplinary Dialogue
Essays discussing transdisciplinary methodology introduce case studies on Buddhist manuscripts, inscriptions, art and oral traditions of the Indian Himalayas and Central Tibet. The research was carried out within the context of an Interdisciplinary Research Unit financed by the Austrian Science Fund.
The Inner Asian International Style 12th-14th Centuries
Table of Contents: KLIMBURG-SALTER, Deborah E.: Is there an Inner Asian International Style 12th to 14th Centuries? Definition of the Problem and Present State of Research; BAUTZE-PICRON, Claudine: The Elaboration of a Style: Eastern Indian Motifs and Forms in Early Tibetan (?) and Burmese Painting; TOYKA-FUONG, Ursula: The Influence of Pala Art on 11th-century Wall-paintings of Grotto 76 in Dunhuang; SAMOSSIUK, Kira: Two Tibetan Style thangkas from Khara Khoto; ALLINGER, Eva: The Green Tara in the Ford-Collection: Some Stylistic Remarks; STODDARD, Heather: The Indian Style rGya lugs on an Early Tibetan Book Cover; HELLER, Amy: The Caves of gNas mjal che mo; LUCZANITS, Christian: On an Unusual Painting Style in Ladakh.
Tabo
"The monastery of Tabo lies in northern India in the secluded Spiti valley, which was at one time part of the ancient kingdom of Western Tibet. The oldest continuously operating Buddhist enclave in India and the Himalayas, Tabo's historical role as an intermediary between India and Tibet and the extraordinary beauty of its frescoes make it a place of unique importance. The main temple of Tabo is one of the masterpieces of Indian and Tibetan art. Built in 996 and renovated in 1042, the temple is remarkable not only for the exceptional quality of its sculpture and the decorative paintings that cover every surface, but also for the numerous portraits of royal patrons, members of the local nobility, and ecclesiastical figures, all identified by name. Tabo played a pivotal role in the history of Buddhism in the tenth and eleventh centuries, when Tibetan monks and Indian pandits studied together and translated scripture from Sanskrit into Tibetan. This meeting of trans-Himalayan cultures, and the devotions of their faithful, are vividly preserved in the magnificent paintings and sculptures that adorn the original temple and the monastery that surrounds it."--Amazon.
Coins, Art, and Chronology
Selected papers from a symposium held April 11-13, 1996, in Vienna, Austria.
Changing Forms and Cultural Identity
These contributions represent the most innovative trends in the contemporary study of Art and Archaeology of South Asia. Based on ongoing field research, each study identifies a single distinctive visual theme in order to illuminate the regional culture in interplay with a broader pan-Indian cultural heritage. Contemporary South Asian studies exploit a wide variety of methodological tools, which permit the exploration of more diverse questions. Philological, archaeological, art historical and anthropological evidence contextualize cultural artefacts in many media from terracotta figures to monumental architectural complexes. The artefacts date from the beginning of the historical up to the m...
