Tibetan Art

by Heller, Amy

• ISBN13: 9788816690042
• ISBN10: 8816690046
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-01-01
• Publisher: Jaca Books

Summary

The subtitle of this book is Tracing the Development of Spiritual Ideals and Art in Tibet 600-2000 A.D. and in it Amy Heller places the artwork within its historic, social and religious context, utilising in situ photographs from Tibet. She incorporates t

Table of Contents

The Era of the Tibetan Empire (630-850)	p. 7
The atmosphere and ideals of the Pugyel dynasty	p. 7
The ideals of Buddhism	p. 13
The esthetics of Buddhist art in Tibet during the Pugyel dinasty	p. 33
The Flourishing of Buddhism in Tibet (950-1300)	p. 53
The survival of Buddhism in East and West Tibet	p. 53
The spiritual and artistic legacy of the Indian teacher Atisa (982-1054)	p. 60
The esthetics and conceptual developments of the eleventh century	p. 122
The foundation of monasteries and doctrinal developments	p. 124
Grathang: Tibetan, Indian and Nepalese esthetics as documented by Tibetan monasteries	p. 126
The influence of Tibetan Buddhism in the Xixia kingdom	p. 130
The Khasa Malla kingdom	p. 132
Tibetans as Imperial Preceptors of the Yuan dynasty	p. 132
The Tibetan Renaissance (1300-1500)	p. 135
Buton, his work and its importance for Shalu monastery	p. 136
The Lori stupa, the presence of Tibetan Buddhism in Mustang	p. 138
The work of Newar and Tibetan artists in Tibet	p. 139
The Terma movement	p. 140
The creation of the Gelugpa monastic school	p. 141
Chinese patronage of Tibetan Buddhism under the Yunglo Emperor	p. 142
The principality of Gyantse	p. 144
The Gyantse Kumbum	p. 145
The Ngor monastery's patronage of Newar artists	p. 146
Menla Dondub, founder of the Menri school of painting	p. 177
Khyentse, founder of the Khyenri school of painting	p. 178
The Era of the Dalai Lamas (1500-2000)	p. 181
Gendun Gyatso and his heritage	p. 182
Tibetan art historical analyses: Pema Karpo and Taranatha	p. 186
The Karma Gadri school of painting	p. 188
The New Menri artistic school	p. 189
The Great Fifth Dalai Lama (1617-1682)	p. 190
The legacy of the Fifth Dalai Lama	p. 193
The Golden Age of Derge, the cultural capital of Easten Tibet	p. 195
Jigme Lingpa, a Nyingma theologian of the eighteenth century	p. 217
The Ri me movement, Tibetan oecumenism of the nineteenth century	p. 219
The twentieth century	p. 219
Appendix on Mandala	p. 225
Map of Pilgrims' and commercial routes	p. 226
Bibliography	p. 228
Index	p. 235
Acknowledgments and Illustration Credits	p. 239
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