Research Catalog

Title

Wonders of Lo : the artistic heritage of Mustang / edited by Erberto Lo Bue.

Publication

Mumbai : Marg Foundation, 2010.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Lo Bue, Erberto F.
• Marg Foundation (Mumbai, India)

Description

164 pages : illustrations, map; 32 cm

Summary

• "Lo", as Mustang is called by those who dwell there, is a small area in the Nepal Himalaya inhabited by people of Tibetan stock. Buddhist art flourished here, particularly between the 14th and the 16th century, in a cultural environment strongly influenced by the religious order of Sakya, the great monastic fortress in southwest Tibet. In particular, the 15th-century wall paintings in the temple of Maitreya at Montang, the traditional capital of Lo, vie with the finest in all geo-cultural Tibet, whereas the 14th-century murals in the cave temple of Luri reflect the interpretation of Indian aesthetics as transmitted to the Tibetan world by the artists of the Nepal Valley.
• This volume is the first monograph on the artistic heritage of Lo. It deals with the most representative features of the religious art of the region, dwelling on painting, but without neglecting sculpture and architecture. Besides recording significant as well as hitherto unpublished religious sites of artistic relevance, it illustrates the restoration work carried out in important temples at Montang. Illustrated with rare images of the paintings, sculptures, and monuments of this fascinating region, the volume will appeal to a wide audience, including scholars and students, and readers with a general interest in the arts of Asia. --Book Jacket.

Uniform Title

Mārg̲.

Subjects

• Buddhism > Nepal > Mustang > History
• Buddhist architecture > Nepal > Mustang
• Buddhist painting > Nepal > Mustang
• Buddhist art > Nepal > Mustang

Note

• "Vol. 62, no. 2, December 2010"--T.p. verso; simultaneously issued in serial format as an issue of Mārg.
• Contributed articles.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. An Introduction to the Cultural History of Lo (Mustang) / Erberto Lo Bue -- ARCHITECTURE -- 2. A Tibetan Architecture? The Traditional Buildings of Lo / John Harrison -- PAINTING AND SCULPTURE -- 3. Cave Hermitages and Chapels in Eastern Lo / Erberto Lo Bue -- 4. Early Cave Paintings Rediscovered in Upper Lo / Luigi Fieni -- 5. Early Wall Paintings in Lo: Luri Reconsidered / Heidi A. Neumann -- 6. Wonders of Montang / Erberto Lo Bue -- 7. Portable Buddhist Sculptures of Lo: A Chronological Selection, 15th through 17th Centuries / Amy Heller -- RESTORATION AND REVIVAL -- 8. The Restoration of Murals in the Maitreya Temple of Montang / Luigi Fieni -- 9. The Restoration of Murals in the Mahamuni Temple of Montang / Luigi Fieni -- 10. Bonpo and Buddhist Art in 20th-century Lo / Chiara Bellini -- 11. Reviving a Sacred Place: The Hermitage of Samdrupling / Maie Kitamura.

ISBN

• 9789380581026
• 9380581025

LCCN

2010319020

OCLC

• ocn701237645
• 701237645
• SCSB-1590752

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library