Tibetan Religious Art / / Antoinette K. Gordon.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Archive 1898-1999
• VerfasserIn: Gordon, Antoinette K.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1952]; ©1952
• Year of Publication: 1952
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (106 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; PREFACE --; CONTENTS --; TIBETAN RELIGIOUS ART --; BUDDHISM AND LAMAISM --; THE PANTHEON OF DEITIES AND DIVINITIES --; TEMPLE PAINTINGS (THANG-KAS) --; BOOKS AND WOOD BLOCKS --; VOTIVE TABLETS --; RITUAL OBJECTS --; ROBES AND MASKS --; METAL WORK, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, AND JEWELRY --; BUTTER SCULPTURE AND SAND MANDALAS --; CALLIGRAPHY --; CONCLUSION --; BIBLIOGRAPHY --; INDEX
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780231898454; 9783110442489
• DOI: 10.7312/gord94392
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Antoinette K. Gordon.

Looks at the art of Tibet, "The Land of the Snows", in terms of its origins, functions, and symbolism. Studies the art as a religious art as the lama regards his work as a vehicle for expressing the metaphysical concepts of "The Religion".