Publication

2012-06-01 - Brill

Language

English

Word Count

96,500 words, Guess

Page Count

386 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

  • ISBN-109004180141
  • ISBN-139789004180147
  • Library of Congress Control Number2011279794
  • OCLC Control Number794033465
  • Better World Books9789004180147
and 1 more

Classifications

  • LCCNX583.A3 H35 2012
  • LCCND1046.T5

Description

The Handbook of Iconometry (ca. 1687) reproduces, in facsimile, a lavishly illustrated treatise describing the iconometic principles and measurements at the heart of the 17th-century art of Tibet. It includes over 150 drawings of buddhas, bodhisattvas and divinities, 70 script types and 14 stupa models from the rich world of Indo-Tibetan Buddhism.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Handbook of Tibetan Iconometry: A Guide to the Arts of the 17th CenturyHardcoverBrill2012-06-01

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