Devoted to 200 Tibetan thangka paintings from the New York collection of Shelley and Donald Rubin, this book spans the whole range of Tibetan artistic schools over the past eight centuries. Each painting is analyzed in terms of iconography and religious meaning, style, regional lineage and sources.
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Devoted to 200 Tibetan thangka paintings from the New York collection of Shelley and Donald Rubin, this book spans the whole range of Tibetan artistic schools over the past eight centuries. Each painting is analyzed in terms of iconography and religious meaning, style, regional lineage and sources.
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Add this copy of Worlds of Transformation to cart. $85.01, good condition, Sold by HPB-Diamond rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1999 by Harry N. Abrams.
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Add this copy of Worlds of Transformation: Tibetan Art of Wisdom and to cart. $150.00, like new condition, Sold by Good Karma Bookshop rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Rio Vista, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1999 by Tibet House/ Dist. by Harry N. Abrams.
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Fine in fine dust jacket. A near-immaculate copy, with very light shelfwear on rear of dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards, large 4to (9.25 x 12 inches). 480 p. With 319 illustrations (285 full-color plates), endpaper maps. From the highly respected authors of Abrams' acclaimed Wisdom and Compassion: The Sacred Art of Tibet comes a new volume devoted to 200 sublime Tibetan thangka paintings from the premier New York collection of Shelley and Donald Rubin. The works span the 12th through 20th centuries and the spectrum of Tibetan artistic schools; each one is reproduced in color and most are published here for the first time. This magnificent volume presents an analysis of each painting in terms of iconography and religious meaning, style, regional lineage, and sources. In addition, David Jackson discusses the paintings of the Kagyupa order in the Rubin Collection. This volume continues the authors' groundbreaking efforts to understand the complexity of Tibetan art, and seeks to make these splendid and profound works accessible to a wider public. (Amazon)
Add this copy of Worlds of Transformation to cart. $202.50, like new condition, Sold by Griffin Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Stamford, CT, UNITED STATES, published 1999 by Harry N. Abrams.
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Like New. Size: 12x9x1; Looks unread with faint tone along page edge. Massive hardcover in jacket. oversized and overweight. A77 Please email for photos.
