Portraits of the Masters



2003
PORTRAITS OF THE MASTERS. Bronze Sculptures of the Tibetan Buddhist Lineages. By Donald Dinwiddie, Heather Stoddard, Ramon N. Prats et al. Chicago/London 2003. 4to. 396 S. mit 348 farb., meist ganzseit. Abb. & Karten, Bibliographie, Glossar, Index. Ln.

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This lavishly illustrated book unfolds for the first time a pictorial history of a dynamic and living religious tradition in Tibet. A catalogue of 108 portrait bronzes of great masters of the Tibetan Buddhist traditions, it presents an innovative history of these teaching lineages based on and illustrated by the collection. Ranging in date from the 12th to 18th century, the sculptures in Portraits of the Masters span the most productive period in the history of Tibetan Buddhist art, providing unparalleled illustration of Tibetan portraiture s long and varied history. Prefaced with a groundbreaking and comprehensive history of Tibetan portraiture, the collection is presented in five sections devoted to the Arhats, drawn from the Buddha's original Indian disciples, and to the native Tibetan schools of the Nyingma, Kagyu, Sakya, and the Kadam and Geluk. Each section opens with a history of the tradition, written by leading scholars of Tibetan Buddhism.

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