Color Sculpture - Chinese Tibetan Buddhist Art

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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: The Complete Collection of Chinese Art — Tibetan Buddhist Art: The volume of painted sculptures features 215 painted sculptures dedicated to the main Buddha statues in famous Tibetan Buddhist monasteries. Among them, the sculptures from the Tangut period in the Zhanru Lhakhang Monastery in Shannan, Tibet, the early post-Dharma transmission period in the Toling Monastery in Ali, Tibet, the White Hall of the ancient Guge Fortress, and the Ming Dynasty's White Jokhang Monastery in Shigatse are particularly distinctive. These earthen painted Buddhist sculptures are mostly large-scale masterpieces of Tibetan Buddhist sculpture. They cover various categories of Tibetan Buddhist sculpture, including Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, Tara (Avalokite?vara), Vajrasattva (Diamond Sutra), and eminent monks. The sculptures exhibit vivid expressions, a rustic and rough style, and diverse forms. The brightly colored main figures of the sculptures are seamlessly integrated with the background decorations, showcasing the unique charm of sculpture and painting complementing and enhancing each other. The content of this book includes a general introduction, a special discussion for this volume, illustrations, and illustrations notes. The book selects outstanding sculptures, primarily those dedicated to the main Buddha statues in Tibetan Buddhist monasteries and unearthed earthen painted sculptures.