The Encyclopedia of Tibetan Symbols and Motifs
Title | The Encyclopedia of Tibetan Symbols and Motifs PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Beer |
Publisher | Shambhala |
Pages | 400 |
Release | 1999-10-12 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9781570624162 |
For artists, designers, and all with an interest in Buddhist and Tibetan art, this is the first exhaustive reference to the seemingly infinite variety of symbols found throughout Tibetan art in line drawings, paintings, and ritual objects. Hundreds of the author's line drawings depict all the major Tibetan symbols and motifs—landscapes, deities, animals, plants, gurus, mudras (ritual hand gestures), dragons, and other mythic creatures—ranging from complex mythological scenes to small, simple ornaments.
The Handbook of Tibetan Buddhist Symbols
Title | The Handbook of Tibetan Buddhist Symbols PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | Serindia Publications, Inc. |
Pages | 284 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9781932476033 |
Based on the author's previous publication The Encyclopedia of Tibetan Symbols and Motifs, this handbook contains an array of symbols and motifs, accompanied by succinct explanations. It provides treatment of the essential Tibetan religious figures, themes and motifs, both secular and religious.
Symbols of Tibetan Buddhism
Title | Symbols of Tibetan Buddhism PDF eBook |
Author | Claude B. Levenson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 128 |
Release | 2003-03 |
Genre | Buddhism |
ISBN | 9782843235009 |
The Encyclopedia of Tibetan Symbols and Motifs
Title | The Encyclopedia of Tibetan Symbols and Motifs PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 400 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Art, Tibetan |
ISBN |
This study of the sacred art of Tibet is the result of eight years of brush drawing, and a lifetime spent researching and reflecting upon the inner and often hidden meanings and origins encapsulated in this complex iconographical tradition. Several thousand individual drawings arranged as a series of 170 pages illustrate the many variations in style, lineages and individual expression of these objects. The text interweaves the origins, meanings and functions of these symbols, derived from India, Tibet and China, into a comprehensive tapestry within a Buddhist conceptual framework.
Buddhist Symbolism in Tibetan Thangkas
Title | Buddhist Symbolism in Tibetan Thangkas PDF eBook |
Author | Ben Meulenbeld |
Publisher | |
Pages | 120 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 9789074597449 |
The thangka is a way for Tibetan Buddhist monks to bring the life and teachings of the Buddha to the people through the visual medium of paint. These paintings were rolled up and taken on journeys, used as traveling altars, or hung when certain deitieswere honored. Meulenbeld takes us through 37 thangkas that present a pictorial journey of the life of Buddha, Siddhartha Guatama, and the evolution of Tibetan Buddhism. 37 color plates. Glossary. Bibliography. Index.
Encyclopedia of Tibetan Symbols and Motifs
Title | Encyclopedia of Tibetan Symbols and Motifs PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Beer |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Tibetan Thangka Painting
Title | Tibetan Thangka Painting PDF eBook |
Author | David Paul Jackson |
Publisher | Shambhala Publications |
Pages | 200 |
Release | 1984 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN |
Describes the techniques of the sacred art of Tibetan scroll painting.