A Buddhist Paradise: The Murals of Alchi - Western Himalayas
A Buddhist Paradise: The Murals of Alchi - Western Himalayas
Metodi di Pagamento
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- Carta di Credito
- Bonifico Bancario
- Pubblica amministrazione
- Carta del Docente
Dettagli
- Autore
- Pal, Pratapaditya, Illustrated By Lionel Fournier
- Editori
- Hong Kong: Ravi Kumar, 1982
- Soggetto
- Central Asia
- Descrizione
- Fine
- Descrizione
- H
- Sovracoperta
- True
- Stato di conservazione
- In ottimo stato
- Legatura
- Rilegato
- Copia autografata
- False
- Prima edizione
- False
Descrizione
4to Black cloth in dj , 67p. text, ca. 100 pages color plates, notes, index, bibiliography. SCARCE A LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION OF 3000 COPIES Seen by very few visitors until recently, the monastic complex of of Alchi, nestled in a beautiful valley in Ladakh Himalayas, has miraculously preserved Buddhist wall paintings of unmatched splendor. No less exciting than those at Ajanta or Dunhuang, they are important for the history of Tibetan culture, and a great significance to Kashmiri art as well. This is the first major monograph on the subject, with copious color photographs. The murals were done between the 11th & 13th centuries. the celebrated Indian art historian & field authority describes & illustrates these murals in great detail.
