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. $120.00, good condition, Sold by Conover Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Martinsville, VA, UNITED STATES, published 1999 by Harry N. Abrams.
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Good in Good jacket. 1st Printing. 4to-over 9¾-12" tall. pp. 480. Ex-library with the usual library markings (if not for the library markings this copy would be graded in fine condition); overall a nice used copy! Yellow boards with gilt lettering on the spine. Mapped endpapers. 480 historical and artistic pages nicely enhanced by black and white and full-color photographs and illustrations! "Tibet's sacred paintings are among the most marvelous creations of the human spirit, eye, and hand, a fascinating part of the great tapestry of the history of world civilizations. Arising from the Buddhist enlightenment movement, this art seeks not only to delight the viewer, but also to move and inspire the heart and spirit of the human being who seeks a deeper meaning for life and a higher future for all humanity. Worlds of Transformation furthers our understanding of this art, opening our imagination to the limitless transformative possibilities of life itself. In Worlds of Transformation, Marylin M. Rhie and Robert A. F. Thurman study two hundred superb Tibetan tangka icon paintings, most never before published. These are lucidly explained, giving the history of the paintings and their creators, revealing their stylistic sophistication and variety, and offering insight into their transformative imagery....."
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.
