{"title":"HIMALAYAS: ART \u0026 CULTURE","description":"Explore our book selections on Himalayan art and culture - Tibet, Nepal, Sikkim, Ladakh, Bhutan, and neighbouring kingdoms.","products":[{"product_id":"the-illusive-play-the-autobiography-of-the-fifth-dalai-lama","title":"The Illusive Play: The Autobiography of the Fifth Dalai Lama","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe Illusive Play: The Autobiography of the Fi\u001efth Dalai Lama\u003c\/i\u003e is an English translation of the autobiography of Ngagwang Lobzang Gyatsho, the Fi\u001ffth Dalai Lama (1617-1682). The work is of exceptional value because it has taken such care to give a precise chronology throughout its entire length. Lobzang Gyatsho’s autobiography is therefore a veritable witness to the life and culture of Tibet in the 17\u001e\u001cth century, which was a formative period for the establishment of the Tibetan Buddhist theocracy. 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He is particularly famous for his autobiography. Writing in a direct and candid style marked by profound insight and maverick humor, he explores the challenges of embodying the Buddha’s teachings. He accompanied his autobiography with his own full-color illustrations. These extraordinary images are the only known example of a Tibetan visual autobiography.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 11px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff;\"\u003eYolmowa’s autobiography is translated here for the first time. Opening with an informative essay on his life and times, this volume brings to life all forty-four of the remarkable autobiographical illustrations, beautifully presented here with explanatory essays providing detailed analyses of each. 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It brought together from all over the world Tibetans who had known Gendun Chopel, as students, friends, and family members, as well as American, European, Chinese, and Tibetan scholars of Gendun Chopel’s life and works.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThis volume brings together their many insights into this multifaceted figure. Gendun Chopel was also a talented artist, developing a style previously unknown in the long and illustrious history of Tibetan painting. Presented here for the first time are Gendun Chopel’s remarkable watercolors and pencil sketches, works that attest to yet another of his many distinctions: as Tibet’s first modern artist.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eWith essays by Donald S. 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Not only are there a great number of Buddhist sculptures and paintings produced by Tibetan artists, but included also are rare examples originating from India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nepal, Burma, and China. These images have withstood sometimes more than one thousand years of warfare and other calamities.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eDespite a growing number of books dealing with various aspects of Tibetan culture and religion, most publications have the shortcoming that they are almost exclusively illustrated with objects scattered worldwide in private and public collections. A notable exception is the two-volume chronicle \u003ci\u003eBuddhist Sculptures in Tibet\u003c\/i\u003e, published in 2001 by this author. 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Commonly placed in the main niches along the central axis of the monuments, these images of highest quality constitute a major source for the cultural and religious history of western Himalayan (Indo-Tibetan) art and early Tibetan art in general. Based on extensive field research and \u003ci\u003ein situ\u003c\/i\u003e documentation for more than a decade, this groundbreaking study provides a comprehensive assessment of the early western Himalayan sculptures and their context.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWestern Himalayan clay sculpture is the only preserved sculptures known so far that are built in accordance with the sophisticated sculptural technique described in Indian classical literature. It is closely linked to late Northwest-Indian (Buddhist) art in which otherwise little evidence remains. 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It contains more than six hundred volumes of Tibetan manuscripts, ranging in date from the late 11th to the early 16th century. This library in many ways constitutes a cultural history of Dolpo in this period thanks to some sixty volumes with historical prefaces explaining the commission of the manuscripts for the Nesar Temple, while more than one hundred other volumes have illuminations of the scenes of the life of the Buddha and episodes from the Prajnaparamita (Perfection of Wisdom) texts. These illuminations inform us about the donors, their costumes, their Buddhist rituals while the dedications tell us about the systems of patronage and donation. Some illuminations reflect the ancient manuscripts of Tabo and Tholing, others reflect the sophisticated Newar aesthetic of Kathmandu and all these diverse tendencies reached Dolpo where they were appreciated.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 11px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff;\"\u003eBy studying these texts within and examining the styles of the manuscript illuminations, Amy Heller was able to shed light on the history of this remote Tibetan enclave, the spread of Buddhism in the Himalayas and its artistic legacy. 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Here for the first time we have a rare glimpse of the the historic and contemporary private residences in Newar, Tibetan and Rana styles and world-renowned restorations such as the Kuthu Math house, the Patan Museum, Baber Mahal Revisited, the Dwarikas, the Garden of Dreams, and other inspiring contemporary interiors and architectural works.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 11px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff;\"\u003eFull Description:\u003cbr\u003eNepal is widely acclaimed for its unique art and architectural styles. 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