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Tibetan Religious Art / Antoinette K. Gordon.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1952]Copyright date: ©1952Description: 1 online resource (106 p.)Content type:
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  • 9780231943925
  • 9780231898454
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- TIBETAN RELIGIOUS ART -- BUDDHISM AND LAMAISM -- THE PANTHEON OF DEITIES AND DIVINITIES -- TEMPLE PAINTINGS (THANG-KAS) -- BOOKS AND WOOD BLOCKS -- VOTIVE TABLETS -- RITUAL OBJECTS -- ROBES AND MASKS -- METAL WORK, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, AND JEWELRY -- BUTTER SCULPTURE AND SAND MANDALAS -- CALLIGRAPHY -- CONCLUSION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX
Summary: Looks at the art of Tibet, "The Land of the Snows", in terms of its origins, functions, and symbolism. Studies the art as a religious art as the lama regards his work as a vehicle for expressing the metaphysical concepts of "The Religion".
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Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- TIBETAN RELIGIOUS ART -- BUDDHISM AND LAMAISM -- THE PANTHEON OF DEITIES AND DIVINITIES -- TEMPLE PAINTINGS (THANG-KAS) -- BOOKS AND WOOD BLOCKS -- VOTIVE TABLETS -- RITUAL OBJECTS -- ROBES AND MASKS -- METAL WORK, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, AND JEWELRY -- BUTTER SCULPTURE AND SAND MANDALAS -- CALLIGRAPHY -- CONCLUSION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX

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Looks at the art of Tibet, "The Land of the Snows", in terms of its origins, functions, and symbolism. Studies the art as a religious art as the lama regards his work as a vehicle for expressing the metaphysical concepts of "The Religion".

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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