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Treasures of Tibetan Art : collections of the Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art
- Title
- Treasures of Tibetan Art : collections of the Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art / Barbara Lipton and Nima Dorjee Ragnubs ; essay on Tibetan Buddhism by Donald S. Lopez, Jr. ; photographs by Geoffrey Clements ; foreword by the fourteenth Dalai Lama.
- Author
- Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art.
- Publication
- Staten Island, N.Y. : The Museum ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | N7346 T43 J163 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xix, 295 pages : illustrations (some color); 29 cm
- Summary
- Nestled on a serene hillside on Staten Island, New York, the Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art is a well-known, yet infrequently visited museum designed like a small mountain temple in the Himalayas. Treasures of Tibetan Art is a unique catalogue of the most important works from this renowned collection. The text represents a collaboration between Western and Tibetan scholars. Essays by Barbara Lipton, the museum's director and curator, and Donald S.
- Lopez, Jr., noted scholar, relate the history of the museum and provide an overview of the nature of Tibetan Buddhism. Beautifully illustrated with 190 photographs (including eighty-one full-color plates) this extraordinary volume presents many of the museum's holdings for the first time.
- Subject
- Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art > Catalogs
- Art, Tibetan > Catalogs
- Tantric-Buddhist art > Tibet Autonomous Region > Catalogs
- Art, Tibetan > China > Catalogs
- Tantric-Buddhist art > China > Catalogs
- Art, Tibetan > Mongolia > Catalogs
- Tantric-Buddhist art > Mongolia > Catalogs
- Art > Staten Island (New York) > Catalogs
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-284) and index.
- Contents
- History of the Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art and the Collections / Barbara Lipton -- Tibetan Buddhism / Donald S. Lopez, Jr. -- Introduction to Tibetan Art / Barbara Lipton -- Asia, 1744 -- Catalogue Entries / Barbara Lipton and Nima Dorjee Ragnubs. Shakyamuni Buddha, Arhats, and Lamas. Meditational Deities. Buddhas and Bodhisattvas. Protector Deities and Guardian Deities. Ritual Objects and Musical Instruments. Jewelry and Decorative Objects. Appendix A. The Chinese Lama Temple: The Golden Pavilion of Jehol / Barbara Lipton -- Appendix B. The Yellow Temple / Barbara Lipton -- Tibetan Transliterations -- Tibetan References.
- ISBN
- 0195097130 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0195097149 (paper)
- LCCN
- 95034638
- OCLC
- 32853055
- ocm32853055
- SCSB-14481685
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries