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Awaken : a Tibetan Buddhist journey toward enlightenment

Title
Awaken : a Tibetan Buddhist journey toward enlightenment / John Henry Rice and Jeffrey S. Durham ; with additional essays by Jeffrey S. Durham, Eric Huntington, Elena Pakhoutova, Katherine Anne Paul, Tsherin Sherpa with Paul Ferguson, and Alexander von Rospatt.
Publication
Richmond, Virginia : Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, [2019]

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Additional Authors
  • Rice, John Henry, 1971-
  • Durham, Jeffrey, 1966-
  • Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, organizer, host institution.
  • Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, host institution.
Description
xi, 244 pages : color illustrations; 29 cm
Summary
"Curators Dr. John Henry Rice, E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Curator of South Asian and Islamic Art, VMFA, and Jeffrey Durham, Associate Curator of Himalayan Art, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, co-authored the catalogue, which presents the exhibition's spectacular Himalayan art, explores the philosophical tenets encoded in the works, and details an immersive process of self-discovery. Complementary essays examine Tibetan Buddhism's ritual tools, paintings, symbolic imagery, and artistic traditions. The catalogue covers Buddhism's essential teachings, including descriptions of rituals, deities, and art, both traditional and contemporary"--
Uniform Title
Awaken (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts)
Subjects
Genre/Form
Exhibition catalogs.
Note
  • Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, April 27-August 18, 2019 and Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, January 17-April 19, 2020.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Awaken / John Henry Rice and Jeffrey S. Durham -- Teachings envisioned / Elena Pakhoutova -- Tools of the trade / Katherine Anne Paul -- Vajracharya crowns and diadems / Alexander von Rospatt -- Seeing the unseen / Eric Huntington -- Ancient innovations and thangka treasures / Jeffrey S. Durham -- Transformer / Tsherin Sherpa with Paul Ferguson.
Call Number
JQF 19-1401
ISBN
  • 9780300244656
  • 0300244657
LCCN
2019004410
OCLC
1084630084
Title
Awaken : a Tibetan Buddhist journey toward enlightenment / John Henry Rice and Jeffrey S. Durham ; with additional essays by Jeffrey S. Durham, Eric Huntington, Elena Pakhoutova, Katherine Anne Paul, Tsherin Sherpa with Paul Ferguson, and Alexander von Rospatt.
Publisher
Richmond, Virginia : Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, [2019]
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Rice, John Henry, 1971- editor.
Durham, Jeffrey, 1966- editor.
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, organizer, host institution.
Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, host institution.
Research Call Number
JQF 19-1401
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