1998, ISBN: 9781570622977

Bombay: Prince of Wales Museum, 1964. 2nd edition. Very Good. small octavo. softback with stiff wrappers 55 + (78)pp., col. & b/w pls., Revised & enlarged edition, Prince of Wales Muse… Altro …

Bombay: Prince of Wales Museum, 1964. 2nd edition. Very Good. small octavo. softback with stiff wrappers 55 + (78)pp., col. & b/w pls., Revised & enlarged edition, Prince of Wales Museum, 1964, 3, ASia Society Galleries, New York, 1998. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Mandala" is an ancient Sanskrit word meaning "sacred circle that protects the soul." It also refers to the sacred cosmograms that serve as core symbols of all cultures. Westerners have been fascinated for centuries about the mandalas of the Hindu-Buddhist cultures of Asia, most often painted geometric diagrams of great beauty and sophistication, that draw the viewer into a realm of balance, harmony, and calm. But such diagrams are actually architectural blueprints of the purified realm of bliss that we can only realize through enlightenment. They represent three-dimensional spaces of personal and communal exaltation, palaces for the regal confidence of love, compassion, and universal satisfaction of self and other. Understanding their role in anchoring the world-picture of a culture or a person provides a new insight into the "mandalas" of our own culture ? the national space anchored by the Washington monument and its environs, or the personal cosmological space anchored by the models of the solar system, the DNA double-helix molecule, and the atom. This exquisite book, created by the teamwork of an art historian and a scholar of Tibetan Buddhism, clears away the veils of confusion and mystification, and reveals the artistic history and meditational function of the sacred mandalas that have graced the Asian civilizations for thousands of years from Mumbai to Japan. It is richly illustrated by color photographs of examples of mandalas from India, Tibet, China, and Japan from the ground-breaking exhibition presented by Tibet House U.S. in collaboration with the Asia Society and the Berkeley Museum of Fine Arts. PMI 175 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Art; United States; Art & Design; ISBN: 1570622973. ISBN/EAN: 9781570622977. Inventory No: 267188.. 9781570622977 This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries., ASia Society Galleries, 1998, 3<

1998, ISBN: 1570622973

[EAN: 9781570622977], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: ASia Society Galleries, New York], ART BZDB43 ART; UNITED STATES; & DESIGN; UNBRANDED ISBN: 1570622973 EAN: 9781570622977 DENISE … Altro …

[EAN: 9781570622977], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: ASia Society Galleries, New York], ART BZDB43 ART; UNITED STATES; & DESIGN; UNBRANDED ISBN: 1570622973 EAN: 9781570622977 DENISE PATRY LEIDY AND ROBERT A. F. THURMAN MANDALA: THE ARCHITECTURE OF ENLIGHTENMENT, "Mandala" is an ancient Sanskrit word meaning "sacred circle that protects the soul." It also refers to the sacred cosmograms that serve as core symbols of all cultures. Westerners have been fascinated for centuries about the mandalas of the Hindu-Buddhist cultures of Asia, most often painted geometric diagrams of great beauty and sophistication, that draw the viewer into a realm of balance, harmony, and calm. But such diagrams are actually architectural blueprints of the purified realm of bliss that we can only realize through enlightenment. They represent three-dimensional spaces of personal and communal exaltation, palaces for the regal confidence of love, compassion, and universal satisfaction of self and other. Understanding their role in anchoring the world-picture of a culture or a person provides a new insight into the "mandalas" of our own culture ? the national space anchored by the Washington monument and its environs, or the personal cosmological space anchored by the models of the solar system, the DNA double-helix molecule, and the atom. This exquisite book, created by the teamwork of an art historian and a scholar of Tibetan Buddhism, clears away the veils of confusion and mystification, and reveals the artistic history and meditational function of the sacred mandalas that have graced the Asian civilizations for thousands of years from Mumbai to Japan. It is richly illustrated by color photographs of examples of mandalas from India, Tibet, China, and Japan from the ground-breaking exhibition presented by Tibet House U.S. in collaboration with the Asia Society and the Berkeley Museum of Fine Arts. PMI 175 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Art; United States; Art & Design; ISBN: 1570622973. ISBN/EAN: 9781570622977. Inventory No: 267188. This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries., Books<