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Heavenly Himalayas : the murals of Mangyu and other discoveries in Ladakh / Peter Van Ham ; with contributions by Rob Linrothe, Gerald Kozicz and Amy Heller ; foreword by Raja Jigmed Wangchuk Namgyal

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Author:
Van Ham, Peter  Search this
Physical description:
175 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 31 cm
Type:
Pictorial works
Place:
India
Ladākh
Ladākh (India)
Date:
2010
©2010
Contents:
Foreword / his eminence, Raja Jigmed Wangchuk Namgyal, King of Ladakh -- Introduction and acknowledgements : forgotten, misjudged and unknown gems -- The ways of Buddhism to Ladakh, or : the "Mon Problem" -- The inscriptions / Amy Heller -- The entrance stūpa -- The Western tower of the future Buddha : Maitreya Tower I -- The Western temple of the Supreme Buddha : Vairocana Temple I -- The Eastern temple of the Supreme Buddha : Vairocana Temple II -- The Eastern tower of the Future Buddha : Maitreya Tower II / Rob Linrothe -- The village stūpa -- Dating the Mangyu style / Rob Linrothe -- Why the axis does not conform to the centre : Mangyu's Maṇḍala-derived architecture / Gerald Kozicz -- Annotations -- Bibliography
Topic:
Buddhist mural painting and decoration  Search this
Documentary photography  Search this
Photography of art  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1078126