TheRealmofTibetanBuddhism
EsotericBuddhism,whichoriginatedinancient India,wasintroducedintoTibetintheseventhcen- tury.Sincethen,ithasevolvedinadifferentsocial andhistoricalenvironmentinto.auniquesectknown asTibetanEsotericBuddhism.RegardedbytheTi- betanBuddhistsas"theessenceofthesacredreli- gion",ithasalongtraditioninTibetanditsinfluence ontheculture,historyandthelifeoftheTibetan peoplehasbeenverystrong.Togainatrueunder- standingofTibetanEsotericBuddhism,onehasto studynotonlyitscanonicaltexts,butitsworksofart relatedtothereligiousbeliefs.Theseworks,inthe variousformsandexpressions,willbringoneinto visualcontactwiththereligiousorder.
TheRealmofTlbetanBuddhlsmoutlinesthe origin,development,canonicaltexts,meditative practicesand,inparticular,theworksofartrelated toTibetanEsotericBuddhism.Theseworksofartare dividedintoeightcategories:bronzes,clothpainting, frescoes,claymoulding,woodcarving.woodtablet painting,stonecarvingandritualobjects.The159 picturescontainedinthisbookwhichamplyshowthe worksofartintheirtraditionalstyle,aretaken directlyfromvarioussitesinTibetduringaperiodof fiveyears.Manyoftheobjcctsshowninthepictures arevaluableculturalrelicsandarcrareitemsofart inTibet.TheRealmofTibetanBuddhism,withits scholarlyintroductionandpreciouspictures,willbe ofenormousvaluetoartists,studentsandscholars ofBuddhismingeneralandofTibetanBuddhismin particular. |
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