Description
For artists, designers, and all with an interest in Buddhist and Tibetan art, this is the first exhaustive reference to the seemingly infinite variety of symbols found throughout Tibetan art in line drawings, paintings, and ritual objects. Hundreds of the author's line drawings depict all the major Tibetan symbols and motifs--landscapes, deities, animals, plants, gurus, mudras (ritual hand gestures), dragons, and other mythic creatures--ranging from complex mythological scenes to small, simple ornaments.
Author: Robert Beer
Publisher: Shambhala
Published: 10/12/1999
Pages: 392
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 4.17lbs
Size: 12.08h x 8.52w x 1.22d
ISBN13: 9781570624162
ISBN10: 157062416X
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Eastern
- Art | Criticism & Theory
- Religion | Buddhism | Tibetan
Author: Robert Beer
Publisher: Shambhala
Published: 10/12/1999
Pages: 392
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 4.17lbs
Size: 12.08h x 8.52w x 1.22d
ISBN13: 9781570624162
ISBN10: 157062416X
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Eastern
- Art | Criticism & Theory
- Religion | Buddhism | Tibetan
About the Author
Robert Beer has studied and practiced Tibetan thangka painting for thirty years, including five years of study with master artists Jampa of Dharamsala and Khamtrül Rinpoche of Tashijong. Beer is one of the first Westerners to become actively involved in this art form. Over the last two decades he has concentrated on an extensive series of iconographical drawings depicting the major deities, lineage holders, and symbols that occur in the spectrum of Tibetan art.