Kossak, Steven M. & Jane Casey Singer, "Sacred Visions: Early Paintings from Central Tibet"
Kossak, Steven M. & Jane Casey Singer, "Sacred Visions: Early Paintings from Central Tibet"
Metropolitan Museum of Art | 1999 | ISBN: 0870998617, 0870998625 | English | PDF | 240 pages | 97.05 Mb
Metropolitan Museum of Art | 1999 | ISBN: 0870998617, 0870998625 | English | PDF | 240 pages | 97.05 Mb
Devoted to a period of extraordinary cultural achievement - from the 11th to the mid-15th century - when Tibet became known as the Buddhist holy land - this book accompanies a major touring show opening at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art in October 1998. It includes a collection of exquisite "thankas" (paintings) that incorporated traditions from eastern India, Nepal and China as well as the Tibetans' own Buddhist imagery. Though Tibet was closed to the West until the early-20th century, many thankas have survived in Western collections and these have been brought together on exhibition for the first time. The book also features scholarly essays that provide historical, stylistic and technical information.
Director's Foreword
Acknowledgments
Lenders to the Exhibition
Note to the Reader
Map of the Region
The Cultural Roots of Early Central Tibetan Painting
Jane Casey Singer
The Development of Style in Early Central Tibetan Painting
Steven M. Kossak
Catalogue
Realizations: Reflections on Technique in Early Central Tibetan Painting
Robert Bruce-Gardner
Glossary
Notes
Bibliography of Works Cited
Index
Acknowledgments
Lenders to the Exhibition
Note to the Reader
Map of the Region
The Cultural Roots of Early Central Tibetan Painting
Jane Casey Singer
The Development of Style in Early Central Tibetan Painting
Steven M. Kossak
Catalogue
Realizations: Reflections on Technique in Early Central Tibetan Painting
Robert Bruce-Gardner
Glossary
Notes
Bibliography of Works Cited
Index
Steven M. Kossak is Associate Curator in the Department of Asian Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. He is the author of Indian Court Painting: 16th–19th Century (1997) and co-author (with Martin Lerner) of The Lotus Transcendent: Indian and Southeastern Asian Art from the Samuel Eilenberg Collection (1991).
Jane Casey Singer is an art historian specializing in Tibetan art. She is co-editor (with Philip Denwood) of Tibetan Art: Towards a Definition of Style (1997).
Robert Bruce-Gardner is Director, Department of Conservation and Technology, the Courtauld Institute, London.
Jane Casey Singer is an art historian specializing in Tibetan art. She is co-editor (with Philip Denwood) of Tibetan Art: Towards a Definition of Style (1997).
Robert Bruce-Gardner is Director, Department of Conservation and Technology, the Courtauld Institute, London.
Library Journal
"… the vivid colors and intricate designs are well conveyed …"
Choice Reviews Online
"... outstanding artistic and scholarly … imaginative use of visuals … Art historian Singer writes clearly and intelligently about historical backgrounds; Metropolitan curator Kossak supplies impressive commentary on religious and stylistic elements, as well as exceptionally good descriptions of each print; and Bruce-Gardner, a director of the Courtauld Institute of London, presents a fine technical analysis of Tibetan materials and styles. A splendid contribution, professional in all ways ..."
"… the vivid colors and intricate designs are well conveyed …"
Choice Reviews Online
"... outstanding artistic and scholarly … imaginative use of visuals … Art historian Singer writes clearly and intelligently about historical backgrounds; Metropolitan curator Kossak supplies impressive commentary on religious and stylistic elements, as well as exceptionally good descriptions of each print; and Bruce-Gardner, a director of the Courtauld Institute of London, presents a fine technical analysis of Tibetan materials and styles. A splendid contribution, professional in all ways ..."
Kossak, Steven M. & Jane Casey Singer, "Sacred Visions: Early Paintings from Central Tibet"
