Heritage of Tibet / W. Zwalf.

By: Zwalf, Wladimir [author.]
Contributor(s): British Museum. Department of Oriental Antiquities
Publisher: London : British Museum Publications, 1981Description: 144 pages : illustrations, map, color plates ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeSubject(s): Tibet Autonomous Region (China) -- Civilization | Buddhist art | Art, Tibetan
Contents:
In his concise introduction to the colourful and complex heritage of Tibet, W. Zwalf draws on the splendid paintings, brozes, costumes and jewellery in the British Museum, as well as on rare photographs taken before 1950. After a bief account of this little-known land and its history, he describes the unique form of Buddhism which developed behind its high mountain barriers and shows how rich and sophisticated was the art which served it. Since 1951 the rapid secularisation of Tibet has radically changed its culture, but in the collections of the great museums of the world its past glories at least will be preserved for all time. -- from page 4 of cover.
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Asia Tibet DS786 .Z86 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 100150
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Royal Anthropological Institute Open Shelves KWP [ZWA-] (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available L46540
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Asia Reference DS786 .Z86 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 2 Available 101712
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Asia India DS786 .Z86 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 3 Available 113259
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Based largely on the collections in the British Museum Department of Oriental Antiquities. - Includes bibl. references.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 140-141).

In his concise introduction to the colourful and complex heritage of Tibet, W. Zwalf draws on the splendid paintings, brozes, costumes and jewellery in the British Museum, as well as on rare photographs taken before 1950. After a bief account of this little-known land and its history, he describes the unique form of Buddhism which developed behind its high mountain barriers and shows how rich and sophisticated was the art which served it. Since 1951 the rapid secularisation of Tibet has radically changed its culture, but in the collections of the great museums of the world its past glories at least will be preserved for all time. -- from page 4 of cover.