The Collection of the Rubin Museum of Art is extraordinarily rich in paintings created in the style known as Karma Gardri, or Encampment Style.  The noted scholar David Jackson examines these paintings and related works from collections around the world to identify the subjects and date the works and, in many cases to name the painter or patron responsible for the works.  Most notable among patrons and painters of this style is Situ Panchen, who lived in the 18th century in Kham Province of eastern Tibet.  Highly educated and widely traveled, Situ was accomplished in numerous areas of endeavor. He was a holy man, painter, linguist, diplomat, and he was learned in the field of medicine.  As he traveled between eastern Tibet and China, he kept dairies, which have helped Jackson and fellow scholar Karl Debreczeny reveal the life and times of Situ and illuminate his singular contribution to the artistic traditions of Tibetan painting.

The Karma Gardri style of painting revived by Situ is considered by some to be a veritable rebirth of Tibetan painting.  It is clear, precise, and spacious, with marked Chinese influence evident in the use of pastel colors and prominent stylized features of landscape.  Since 1994 more then a dozen major sets  commissioned by Situ or his circle have been identified, and more continue to turn up, both in Kham and outside Tibet.

David Jackson has been since 2007 a curator of the Rubin Museum of Art. For fourteen years he was Professor of Tibetan at Hamburg University, and he is author of several books and articles on Tibetan art, including A History of TIbetan Painting (Vienna: 1996). He is currently preparing a second volume for this series on TIbetan painting.

	Contents: Patron and Painter: Situ Panchen and the Revival of the Encampment Style
	Foreword Donald Rubin	vii
	Introduction Marin Bruauen	ix
	Preface David P. Jackson	xi
	Note to the reader	xv
	Maps	xvi
1.	Situ Panchen: His Life and Artisitic Activities	2
2.	Portraits of Situ Panchen	20
3.	The Black Hats of the Karmapas	38
4.	Early Stylistic Background	70
5.	Later Stylistic Background	86
6.	The Main Sets Commissioned by Situ Panchen	114
7.	The Eight Great Adepts of India	136
8.	The Eighty-four Great Adepts	154
9.	The Main Lineage Masters of the Karma Kagyu	166
	APPENDIXES: Seven Incarnation Lineages of the Karma Kagyu	253
	A: The Black-Hat Karmapa Incarnations
	B: The Red-Hat Karmapa Incarnations
	C: The Tai Situ Incarnations of Karma And Palpung
	D: The Goshri Gyaltshab Incarnations
	E: The Palden Nenang Pawo Incarnations
	F: The Incarnations of Takna Treho
	G: The Jamgon Kongtrul Incarnations
	Notes	257
	Bibliography	277
	Index	281