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Mirror of the Buddha: Early Portraits from Tibet (Paperback)
By: Glenn H. Mullin

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Author: David P. Jackson
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780984519033
Publication Date: 2011

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Product Code: 17858

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Traditional Tibetan art is largely the fruit of Buddhism; it is meant to convey spiritual truths. In their art, Tibetans aimed at faithfully transmitting and preserving Buddhism as a spiritual discipline as they had learned it from their Indian Buddhist teachers, either directly or through a transmission that included early Tibetan teachers. Each thangka painting was a small contribution to the larger cause of keeping Buddhism alive and radiant.

In this third volume on Tibetan Painting David Jackson, with Christian Luczanits, investigates painted portraits of such early Tibetan teachers. Images of these eminent personages embodied Buddhist ideals in often idealized human form. In creating these depictions, Tibetan painters of the twelfth through fourteenth century intensely imitated the artistic conventions developed in Pala- and Sena-ruled eastern India (Bengal). This style, called Sharri, spread from India to many parts of Asia, but its classic Indian forms, delicate colors, and intricate decorative details were emulated most faithfully by the Tibetans.

Mirror of the Buddha: Early Portraits from Tibet, David P. Jackson, Rubin Museum of Art, Paperback, 2011, 240 Pages, $60.00

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