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Cultural Monuments of Tibet: 2 Volume Set

By (author) Michael Henss
Format: Hardback
Publisher: Prestel, Munich, Germany
Published: 1st Oct 2014
Dimensions: w 255mm h 317mm d 92mm
Weight: 5765g
ISBN-10: 3791351583
ISBN-13: 9783791351582
Barcode No: 9783791351582
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Synopsis
Focusing on Central and Southern Tibet, these two beautifully illustrated volumes are the product not only of years of scholarship but also, importantly, of the many visits and field-research trips the author made over the last twenty-five years. Providing a fundamental work of reference, they include over 1,100 illustrations, most of them recent photographs by the author, and many rare and previously unpublished historical photographs, as well as over 100 architectural plans and drawings. Detailed descriptions and interpretations of the buildings, art, and furnishings of all major monasteries and significant secular buildings, as well as numerous references to both historical Tibetan, Sanskrit, and Chinese texts and to works of scholarly research in the West and in China, make this work a unique source of information for both the specialist and the general reader. This extensive documentation on the sacred art and monuments of Buddhist Tibet also provides a deeply researched history of the cultural and religious circumstances in which the sites and relics were created.

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"A work that is truly one of a kind."
--Choice

"[This book] represents groundbreaking work, and covers much new material."
--Art Libraries of North America

"This epic 880-page book on Tibetan history and culture will be in great demand in colleges and universities by scholars and students alike who are interested in Tibet and in Asia generally."
--Melissa Aho, Univ. of Minnesota Bio-Medical Lib., Minneapolis, Library Journal