Publication

1996-10-17 - Oxford University Press, USA

Language

English

Word Count

78,500 words, Guess

Page Count

314 pages

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL7387675M
  • ISBN-139780195097139
  • ISBN-100195097130
  • OCLC Control Number32853055
  • Library of Congress Control Number95034638
and 2 more
  • LibraryThing5921759
  • Goodreads3497491

Classifications

  • LCCN8193.3.T36C628 1996

Description

Nestled on a serene hillside on Staten Island, New York, the Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art is a well-known, yet infrequently visited museum designed like a small mountain temple in the Himalayas. Treasures of Tibetan Art is a unique catalogue of the most important works from this renowned collection. The text represents a collaboration between Western and Tibetan scholars. Essays by Barbara Lipton, the museum's director and curator, and Donald S. Lopez, Jr., noted scholar, relate the history of the museum and provide an overview of the nature of Tibetan Buddhism. Beautifully illustrated with 190 photographs (including eighty-one full-color plates) this extraordinary volume presents many of the museum's holdings for the first time.

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