| Authors: |
Heller, Amy |
| Title: |
Indian style, Kashmiri style : aesthetics of choice in eleventh
century Tibet / Amy Heller. |
| In: |
Orientations 32/10 (2001): 18-23 |
| Classification: |
5.0.7 - East Asia - as related to South Asia -- Ancient Art History
(up to 1900); 2.3.7 - India -- Ancient Art History (up to 1900)
|
| Keywords: |
Geographical NORTHEAST INDIA; JAMMU AND KASHMIR; INDIA; CENTRAL
TIBET Chronological 11th A.D. General SCULPTURES; PAINTINGS; THANG
KAS; BUDDHA; INSCRIPTIONS; BRāHMī SCRIPT; TIBETAN SCRIPT; STYLES;
KASHMIR; PāLA PERIOD; CULTURAL CONTACTS; BUDDHISM Personal |
| Annotation: |
Discusses two objects bearing inscriptions dating from the 11th
century A.D., the period of Buddhist revival in Tibet. These are
the first portable works of art identified by inscriptions from
this period. The two images reflect a keen appreciation of the school
of art of the regions ruled by the Pālas in Bihar and Bengal and
the art of Kashmir. The earlier of the two works is a statue of
a Buddha in Kashmiri style. It carries a Sanskrit donation inscription
in post-Gupta Brāhmī script and a line of Tibetan script which provides
the name of a king of western Tibet, Ngadag Chenpo Tsede. The second
work of art, a portable painting, carries a Tibetan inscription
in anceint cursive Tibetan script indicating its 11th-century origin.
It shows a seated ?ākyamuni in earth-touching gesture, surrounded
by groups of other Buddhas. The painting emulates Indian aesthetics
from the Bihar-Bengal region which wer introduced to the Tibetans
by Indian pandits using illuminated manuscripts, ritual sculptures
in clay or butter, and portable statues or paintings. Discusses
the `style of India' ( Gya gar lugs ) referred to in the Yemar inscriptions
and evident in e.g., paintings at Zhvalu Monastery and Drathang
Monastery. |
| Authors: |
Henss, Michael |
| Title: |
Buddhist metal images of western Tibet, ca. 1000-1500 A.D. : historical
evidence, stylistic consideration and modern myths / Michael Henss. |
| In: |
The Tibet Journal 27 3/4 (2002): 23-82 |
| Classification: |
2.3.7 - India -- Ancient Art History (up to 1900); 5.0.7 - East
Asia - as related to South Asia -- Ancient Art History (up to 1900)
|
| Keywords: |
Geographical JAMMU AND KASHMIR; LADAKH (DISTRICT); TIBET Chronological
1000-1500 A.D. General BRONZES; WESTERN TIBET; GUGE; HIMALAYAS;
CLASSIFICATIONS; STYLES; MYTHS Personal |
| Annotation: |
Contribution on the subject of `Western Tibetan bronzes' originating
from western Tibet and western Himalaya borderlands of Tibetan culture
such as Spiti, Kinnaur and Ladakh. Excludes material generally called
`Western Tibetan', but actually coming from the Central Tibetan
Regions (of dBus and gTsang). Distinguishes between `Two Golden
Ages' of western Tibetan art: 11th-12th and 15th-16th centuries.
Describes and discusses buddhist sculpture from the ancient western
Tibetan kingdom Guge and beyond. Determines characteristics and
traditions within the corpus of Kashmiri style images from the territory
of the ancient Gu ge kingdom and its western Himalayan borderlands,
in order to define a western Tibetan style. Classifies 10th through
12th centuries metal buddhist images ranging from Kashmir to Guge
into five groups:, Kashmiri style, provincial Kashmiri style, Kashmiri
style in Western Tibet, Kashmiri school style of Western Tibet and
Guge Kashmiri style. Metal images from the second `Golden Age' of
western Tibet (A.D. 1450-1550) are relatively rare: approximately
17 images can be connected convincingly with ateliers in the ancient
kingdom of Guge. Includes remarks on the ` myth' of Western Tibetan
bronzes. |
| Authors: |
Klimburg Salter, Deborah; Singer, Jane Casey; Denwood,
Philip |
| Title: |
Some thoughts on style in Tibetan art ; review article of: Tibetan
art : towards a definition of style, by Jane Casey Singer and Philip
Denwood (eds) / Deborah Klingburg Salter. |
| In: |
The Tibet Journal 25/4 (2000): 83-90 |
| Classification: |
5.0.7 - East Asia - as related to South Asia -- Ancient Art History
(up to 1900) |
| Keywords: |
Geographical TIBET Chronological General PAINTINGS; THANG KAS;
STYLES; ICONOGRAPHY; ARTS; BUDDHISM; CONFERENCES; PROCEEDINGS Pers |
| Annotation: |
|
| Authors: |
Kossak, Steven M. |
| Title: |
Early paintings from central Tibet in The Metropolitan Museum
of Art / Steven Kossak. |
| In: |
Orientations 29/9 (1998): 50-64 |
| Classification: |
5.0.7 - East Asia - as related to South Asia -- Ancient Art History
(up to 1900) |
| Keywords: |
Geographical CENTRAL TIBET Chronological 11th-15th A.D. General
PAINTINGS; STYLES; ARTS; CENTRAL TIBET; CULTURAL CONTACTS; BUDDHISM;
COLLECTIONS; EXHIBITIONS; METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART NEW YORK Personal |
| Annotation: |
Survey of early Tibetan paintings shown in the exhibition `Sacred
Visions : Early Paintings from Central Tibet' (5 October 1998-17
November 1999) at The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York. Gives
a fuller view of the museum's holdings and introduces the aims of
the exhibition (to discuss context, dates, styles, artists). Presents
14 works of art: thang kas , a manuscript cover, a ritual crown,
a book cover, a manuscript page, each from the 11th to late 14th
century. Discusses examples of a Bengal-inspired style of painting,
a style comingling Nepalese and eastern-Indian elements, and a style
revealing Chinese influence. Points out that by the mid-15th century
these disparate motifs had been amalgamated into a truly Tibetan
synthesis. |
| Authors: |
Kossak, Steven M. |
| Title: |
Pāla painting and the Tibetan variant of the Pāla style / Steven
M. Kossak. |
| In: |
The Tibet Journal 27 3/4 (2002): 3-22 |
| Classification: |
2.3.7 - India -- Ancient Art History (up to 1900); 5.0.7 - East
Asia - as related to South Asia -- Ancient Art History (up to 1900)
|
| Keywords: |
Geographical EAST INDIA; TIBET Chronological 11th-12th A.D. General
PAINTINGS; PāLA PERIOD; STYLISTIC ANALYSIS; STYLES; VARIATIONS;
TIBET; ILLUMINATIONS; MANUSCRIPTS; BOOK COVERS; BODHISATTVAS; BUDDHISM
Personal ATI?A |
| Annotation: |
Examines several unpublished Indian Pāla paintings and Tibetan
paintings in P\08la style to better understand the distinctions
between them. Compares two deities, ?a?ak?ari Loke?vara and Green
Tārā, from an Indian Pāla-period palm leaf illuminations with those
of like iconography on an 11th century Tibetan book cover. Also
determines whether a large fragment of a painting on cloth (private
collection) of Ma?ju?rī and Maitreya in Discourse is Indian or Tibetan.
Concludes in general that Indian manuscripts can be distinguished
from Tibetan ones by size, shape and material. Stresses how much
of the essential quality of Pāla artistic expression is tranformed
in the Tibetan version of the style, although P\08la artists displayed
a much more sophisticated command of space. Concludes on the artistic
provenance of the Ma?ju?rī and Maitreya in Discourse (Pal in Heller
1999), that it is likely to be the P\08la-period, Indian painting
commissioned from India by Ati?a to illustrate his dream. |
| Authors: |
Lange Rosenzweig, Daphne; Kossak, Steven M.; Singer,
Jane Casey; Bruce-Gardner, Robert; Pal, Pratapaditya; Woodward,
Hiram |
| Title: |
Review of: Sacred visions, early paintings from Central Tibet,
by Steven M. Kossak and Jane Casey Singer, with essay by Robert
Bruce-Gardner = Review of: Desire and devotion, art from India,
Nepal and Tibet in the John and Berthe Ford collection, by Pratapaditya
Pal, with esssay by Hiram Woodward / Daphne Lange Rosenzweig. |
| In: |
The Tibet Journal 27 1/2 (2002): 265-268 |
| Classification: |
5.0.7 - East Asia - as related to South Asia -- Ancient Art History
(up to 1900); 2.3.7 - India -- Ancient Art History (up to 1900);
2.4.7 - Nepal -- Ancient Art History (up to 1900) |
| Keywords: |
Geographical Chronological General Personal |
| Annotation: |
|
| Authors: |
Clarke, John |
| Title: |
Metalworking in dBus and gTsang / John Clarke. |
| In: |
The Tibet Journal 27 1/2 (2002): 113-152 |
| Classification: |
5.0.7 - East Asia - as related to South Asia -- Ancient Art History
(up to 1900) |
| Keywords: |
Geographical LHASA; TIBET; NEPAL Chronological A.D. 1930-1970
General METALWORK; CRAFTSMEN; TIBETAN; NEWARS; CLASSIFICATIONS;
TRADITIONS; LIFE STORIES; PATRONAGE; GUILDS; CULTURAL HISTORY; INTERVIEWS
Personal |
| Annotation: |
Paper drawn from a PhD thesis on non-sculptural metalwork in Tibet,
relying on interviews with older Tibetan and Newar metalworkers,
focusing on the Tibetan geographical areas dBus and gTsang. In these
areas metalworkers could not easily become monks and monks were
not engaged in metalwork. Investigates the relationship between
the organisation of the metalworkers and their regional style. Distinguishes
between settled and nomadic craftsmen. Studies 4 groups of metalworkers
between 1930 and 1959, the year of the Tibetan uprising: metalworkers
outside Lhasa, Newar metalworkers in the Central Tibetan regions,
government metalworkers in Lhasa and freelance craftsmen in Lhasa.
In 1959 the tradition was disrupted as any skilled craftsman, jeweller,
gold or silversmith, automatically became a `class enemy' and was
put in prison, where several died or commited suicide. Follows the
life of several metalworkers from there, e.g. the life of Tshe ring
chos dpal who escaped to India in 1960 and is based in Dharamsala
now. This generation is now aged between their late 60s and mid
80s. Metalworking has slowly revived in Tibet since 1980, although
the patronage by the local nobility is lost and the formalised system
of guilds ( bzo khangs ) no longer exists. |
| Authors: |
Hummel, Siegbert; G. Vogliotti |
| Title: |
On the origin of the irrigation technique in Tibet / Siegbert
Hummel ; transl. G. Vogiotti. |
| In: |
The Tibet Journal 25/3 (2000): 8-13 |
| Classification: |
5.0.9 - East Asia - as related to South Asia -- Material Culture
|
| Keywords: |
Geographical Chronological General Personal |
| Annotation: |
Originally published in German in Bulletin der Schweizerischen
Gesellschaft für Anthropologie und Ethnologie 34 (1957-1958):68-76.
|
| Authors: |
Selig Brown, Kathryn |
| Title: |
Early Tibetan footprint than kas : 12-14th century / Kathryn Selig
Brown. |
| In: |
The Tibet Journal 27 1/2 (2002): 71-112 |
| Classification: |
5.0.7 - East Asia - as related to South Asia -- Ancient Art History
(up to 1900) |
| Keywords: |
Geographical LHASA; TIBET Chronological 12th-14th A.D. General
THANG KAS; FOOTPRINTS; TIBET; INTERPRETATIONS; FUNCTIONS; ICONOGRAPHY;
MATERIALS; TECHNIQUES; TEXTS Personal |
| Annotation: |
Illuminates 8 thang kas from the 12th-14th century A.D. showing
footprints of teachers and stesses the significant esotheric religious
functions of this specific genre of paintings. Presents insight
into the buddhological and historial contexts by examining texts
written by Phag mo gru pa (A.D. 1110-70) who described the obtainment
and use of footprints on cloth. Investigates into the connotations
of footprints in other aspects of Tibetan Buddhist culture to better
understand the ritual functions. The iconography and composition
of the footprints suggest that they were used to impart teachings
as powerful stand-ins for the bla ma . Describes the process of
making the actual footprint of the teacher by an important disciple,
the consecration of the footprint thang ka and the act of how to
receive teachings from the footprints according to Phag mo gru pa's
texts. Seven of the eight footprint thang kas show the footprints
flanking a bla ma and/or a deity. All feet are human in size and
form. Provides a detailed description of all 8 paintings. Believes
that the representation of bla ma's prints confers a sence of presence,
just as / i1 buddhapāda . Stresses the importance of contact in
Buddhism and the potency of touch through feet. |
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