During the brief reign of the Sixth Dalai Lama, who built Tibet's Potala Palace in the 18th century, unknown artists created a series of mysterious paintings on the walls of the temple's private chapel. Comparable in quality to the Sistine Chapel in Rome, these masterpieces of Tibetan art are reproduced for the first time in this extraordinary publication. 200 illustrations, 151 in color.
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During the brief reign of the Sixth Dalai Lama, who built Tibet's Potala Palace in the 18th century, unknown artists created a series of mysterious paintings on the walls of the temple's private chapel. Comparable in quality to the Sistine Chapel in Rome, these masterpieces of Tibetan art are reproduced for the first time in this extraordinary publication. 200 illustrations, 151 in color.
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Add this copy of The Dalai Lama's Secret Temple: Tantric Wall Paintings to cart. $900.00, like new condition, Sold by Good Karma Bookshop rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Rio Vista, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2000 by Thames & Hudson.
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Fine in fine dust jacket. Text in English, Tibetan. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards, dust jacket in protective cover. 216 p. 150 full-color photographs and 33 black-and-white illustrations. At the heart of the book are 150 color photographs of the murals and their temple by Thomas Laird. Ian Baker s text places these remarkable works within their historical and cultural perspective and is augmented by accounts from other Tibetan sources. A special feature of the book is an introduction and quotations by Tenzin Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama. (Amazon) "Ian Baker lucidly evokes the depth and subtlety of Tibetan Art, healing and spirituality...his writing transforms the ancient wisdom of the East into prose that's both inspiring and poetic'-Deepak Chopra
