Alchi : Ladakh's hidden Buddhist sanctuary : the Sumtsek /

Alchi : Ladakh's hidden Buddhist sanctuary : the Sumtsek /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:Goepper, Roger.
Imprint:Boston : Shambhala ; [New York] : Distributed in the U.S. by Random House, 1996.
Description:286 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 37 cm
Language:English
Subject:
Gsum-rtsegs (Temple : Alchi Gömpa, India)
Gsum-rtsegs (Temple : Alchi Gömpa, India)
Buddhist temples -- India -- Alchi Gömpa.
Buddhist mural painting and decoration -- India -- Alchi Gömpa.
Mural painting and decoration -- India -- Alchi Gömpa.
Buddhist mural painting and decoration.
Buddhist temples.
Buildings.
Mural painting and decoration.
Alchi Gömpa (India) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
India -- Alchi Gömpa.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13290606
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Other authors / contributors:Poncar, Jaroslav.
Linrothe, Robert N., 1951-
Dasser, Karl.
ISBN:157062240X
9781570622403
Notes:"Published in association with Orientstiftung zur Förderung der Ostasiatischen Kunst Cologne."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-282) and indexes.
Summary:"On the south bank of the Indus in Ladakh, facing a great trade and invasion route to the north, lies Alchi, a repository of magnificent Buddhist wall paintings and clay sculptures that have survived for over eight hundred years. This sumptuously illustrated book details the most impressive of the temples within the complex, the Sumtsek Three-Tiered Temple." "The building itself is an impressive mixture of Tibetan and Kashmiri elements, which display some central Asian antecedents. The fresh and colorful wall paintings, in a sophisticated kashmiri style, appear to be a transposition of techniques intended for miniatures onto walls." "The masterly vision of the creators of the Sumtsek has melded a profusion of teachings, artistic formats, structural possibilities and the demands of a donor's personal vision, into a unified sanctuary."--BOOK JACKET.

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