eBook Hidden Treasures of the Himalayas: Tibetan Manuscripts, Paintings and Sculptures of Dolpo ePub

FREE shipping on qualifying offers. In 1999, a hidden library was found in the Nesar Temple at a remote village of Bicher in Dolpo, Nepal. It contains more than six hundred volumes of Tibetan manuscripts.

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The manuscripts, sculptures and mural paintings discovered in Dolpo are the concrete expression of the complex economic, political, artistic and religious interactions between the people of Dolpo and their neighbours in India, Nepal, and Tibet. In addition to the illuminations selected for publication, the reader will find in this volume a complimentary DVD that includes photographs of all volumes with historic dedications, all the illuminations and historic documents preciously conserved in Bicher village.

Heller, Amy (1999) "Tibetan Art: Tracing the Development of Spiritual Ideals and Art in Tibet 600-2000 .  . Jaca Book/Antique Collectors' Club, ISBN 88-16-69004-6. Heller, Amy (2007) Early Himalayan Art, Ashmolean Museum, ISBN 978-1-85444-209-3. Heller, Amy (2009) "Hidden Treasures of the Himalayas Tibetan manuscripts, paintings and sculptures of Dolpo", Serindia Publications, ISBN 978-1-932476-44-6. Valrae Reynolds, Amy Heller, Janet Gyatso & Dan Martin (1999) From the Sacred Realm, Prestel Publishing, ISBN 978-3-7913-2148-6.

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. Seller Inventory AAT9781932476446. More information about this seller Contact this seller.

Tibetan manuscripts, paintings and sculptures of Dolpo. Nesar Temple in the context of village temples in Dolpo and western Nepal. 1st ed. by Amy Heller. Published 2009 by Serindia Publications in Chicago. The history of Dolpo and Bicher. Reconstructing the history of Bicher village. Nesar Temple and its contents. Illuminations and dedications in the Nesar manuscripts. Includes bibliographical references and index. Tibetan manuscripts, paintings and sculptures of Dolpo.