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Tibetan art of the Alain Bordier Foundation / Ulrich von Schroeder, Heidi von Schroeder.

Title
Tibetan art of the Alain Bordier Foundation / Ulrich von Schroeder, Heidi von Schroeder.
Author
Schroeder, Ulrich von
Publication
Hong Kong : Visual Dharma Pub., Ltd., 2009.

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Additional Authors
Schroeder, Heidi von
Description
50 p. : col. ill.; 30 cm.
Subject
  • Tibet Museum (Gruyère, Switzerland) > Catalogs
  • Buddhist sculpture > Switzerland > Gruyères > Catalogs
  • Buddhist art > Switzerland > Gruyères > Catalogs
  • Arts, Tibetan > Switzerland > Gruyères > Catalogs
  • Buddhist art and symbolism > Switzerland > Gruyères > Catalogs
Genre/Form
Catalogs
Note
  • "Published by Visual Dharma Publications Ltd., Hong Kong for the Alain Bordier Foundation"--T. p. verso.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
  • Prologue : the venerable Lama Mönlam Gyatso -- Foreword : Alain Bordier -- Introduction : Ulrich von Schroeder -- Śākyamuni : the historical Buddha. Plate 1 : Buddha Śākyamuni at Bodhgayā : North-Eastern India : Pāla Style : 11th /12th century -- Life of the Historical Buddha . Plate 2 : life story of the historical Buddha Śākyamuni : Tibet : 14th century -- Spread of Buddhism to Tibet . Plate 3 : Dhumavas Śrī-Devī : the "Smoke-Clad-Lady" : Tibet : 14th century -- Foreign inspiration and Tibetan creativity. Plate 4 : stone relief carving of Buddha Śākyamuni : Tibet : 15th/16th century -- Patrons of Buddhism. Plate 5 : King Ripumalla, Khāśa ruler of Western Nepal and Western Tibet worshipping the "White Tārā" : Khasa Tradition of Western Nepal : early 14th century -- Buddhist teachings and transmissions . Plate 6 : the first four abbots of Ngor Monastery in Southern Tibet : Tibet : circa 1475-1500 AD --^
  • Mahāsiddhas : "great masters of accomplishment". Plate 7 : Mahāsiddha Virūpa : the Great Teacher : Tibetan gilt copper traditions : circa 15th century -- Casting metal sculptures. Plate 8 : enthroned Buddha Śākyamuni. Tibetan brass traditions : 13th/14th century -- Tibetan traditions of metal sculptures. Plate 9 : Mañjughosa : the "gentle voice" : Nepalese Schools in Tibet : 13th century -- Tibetan traditions of Thangka Paintings. Plate 10 : Nīlā-Vajravidārana. N.-E. Tibet (Qinghai) : Kokonor Tibetan culture : 13th century -- Ritual and practice in Tibetan Buddhism. Plate 11 : ritual objects used in Tibetan Buddhist practice -- Multiplication of Buddhas. Plate 12 : Amoghasiddhi : the Buddha of "unfailing success" : Tibetan brass traditions : 13th Century -- "Bodhisattva ideal". Plate 13 : Avalokiteśvara Padmapāṇi : Nepal : early Malla period (circa 1200-1482 AD) : 13th/14th century --^
  • Tantric Buddhism. Plate 14 : maṇḍala of the Pañcarakṣā : the "five protectresses" : Tibet : 15th century -- Buddhist Protector deities. Plate 15 : Mahākāla : the "great black-one" : Tibetan brass traditions : circa 15th century -- Peaceful goddesses. Plate 16 : Śyāma-Tārā : the "Green Tārā" : Tibetan brass traditions : circa 14th century -- Wrathful goddesses. Plate 17 : Vajrayoginī : the "diamond sceptre Yogini" : Tibetan gilt copper traditions : 15th century -- Tenth Karmapa : the Greatest Tibetan Artist. Plate 18 : Śākyamuni painted by the Tenth Karmapa Chöying Dorje (1604-1674) : Tibet : 17th century.
ISBN
9789627049128
OCLC
  • 653092475
  • SCSB-10453351
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library