American-born photographer Waswo X Waswo has worked with a team of Indian artists to playfully recreate and examine the tradition of vintage studio portraiture. This title contains 50 images, annotated with commentary by the photographer himself. It uncovers the male-centric universe of a uniquely mysterious place.
Yolmo Tenzin Norbu (1598-1644) was a Tibetan Buddhist reincarnate lama, painter, ritual master, meditator, teacher, poet and autobiographer. His accomplishments and renown during his lifetime led his contemporary, the Fifth Dalai Lama, to refer to him as 'the Great Yolmowa.' This book offers something very precious - a complete translation and commentary of a rare literary type: an autobiography by a leading Tibetan figure at a time of tumultu...
The Illusive Play is an English translation of the autobiography of Ngawang Lobzang Gyatsho, the Fifth Dalai Lama. It is of exceptional value because it has taken such care to give a precise chronology throughout its entire length. It witnesses the life and culture of 17th-century Tibet, which was a formative period for the establishment of the Tibetan Buddhist theocracy.
Introduces some of the finest examples that illustrate the development of art in and round in Tibet. This work describes Buddhist sculpture from the vast number recorded and researched by the author. It features 419 Buddhist sculptures in the collection of the Jo khang / Lhasa gTsug lag khang.
The ultimate photographic collection of Luang Prabang, by German photographer Hans George Berger, that explores Theravada Buddhism in present-day Laos, offering an artistic perspective on the lives of the Buddhist sangha and laypersons of Luang Prabang. For over two decades, from 1993 to today, Berger, a photographic artist-documentarian, has created a unique photographic documentation of Lao Buddhist culture. These photographs are a rare visi...
Consisting of woodcuts, etchings, and screenprints, this book provides an analysis of the sociological and historical context that has moulded the growth of Indian art. It elaborates on how the concepts of Identity, Place and Power have shaped artistic creation, while at the same time encouraging us to think between these categorical parameters.
Rugs have been woven and used in Tibet for centuries. This book demonstrates the genuine aesthetic sense and cultural achievements of the unknown Tibetan weavers who produced these masterpieces. It tells the story of the rugs' collection, the individuals involved and the evolution of scholarship in this field.
Guiding the readers through the districts of Paro, Thimphu, Punakha, Gasa, Laya, Lunana, Wangdi, Bumthang and Trongsa, this book reveals remote hot springs and isolated hermitages of Bhutan and ends in the streets and nightclubs of the country's capital, Thimphu Town.
Tibetan Manuscripts Paintings and Sculptures of Dolpo. The value of the exciting discovery of new manuscripts at a temple in Dolpo in Nepal is revealed for the first time in this book, filling the lacunae in our understanding of the dissemination of Buddhism in the region and its artistic legacy.
Featuring photographs, this book traces the history of Chinese sculpture throughout the imperial period. By outlining the principles which underlie all forms of statuary, regardless of size and material, it aims to elucidate the extent to which sculpture in China has been adapted to serve the political, practical and spiritual needs of its rulers.
Nepal is widely acclaimed for its unique architectural styles. The palaces, temples, courtyards and streetscapes of Kathmandu Valley are protected as seven World Heritage Sites. This title intends to capture the wealth of the past and demonstrates how Nepal's vernacular styles of architecture can be used successfully in the changing world.
Laying dormant in the German Federal Archives in Koblenz are photographs from one of the most fascinating expeditions in history: the Ernst Schafer expedition to Tibet in 1938-39. This volume presents a selection of 150 photographs from that expedition, revealing lives in Tibet as it existed before World War II.
Suitable for modern scholars, researchers, and those interested in the spiritual history of Tibet, this title pinpoints the location, summarises the history and folklore, and describes the buildings as they were before 1959.
Features photographs from the Seventies that reveal a community that rejected consumerism for the healing power of Nature, while the story of Taylor Camp's seven-year existence is documented through interviews made thirty years later with the campers, their neighbours and the Kauai officials who finally evicted them. In 1969 Howard Taylor, brother of Elizabeth, bailed out a rag-tag band of thirteen young Mainlanders jailed on Kauai for vagranc...
