Art in Tibet: Issues in Traditional Tibetan Art from the Seventh to the Twentieth Century: PIATS 2003: Tibetan Studies: Proceedi

The 18 papers of this proceedings were originally presented at the Tenth Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, held in Oxford in 2003. Presenting their current research, and of interest particularly to other scholars of Tibetan art history, the papers describe condition, meaning, and study of examples of wall painting, textiles, sculpture, and prayer flags, as well as questions and projects concerning history, iconography, painting technology, and ritual practice. Among the papers is Sarah E. Fraser's report on painting workshops in the 1940s, following the systematic destruction of Tibetan art and architecture during the Chinese Cultural Revolution and before; meaning and festival use of giant ritual appliqu矇 thang kas in Gyantse, by Michael Henss; and recent textual evidence for the biography of the 17th-century Karma pa of Tibet, by Irmgard Mengele (author affiliations are not noted). Not indexed. Annotation 穢2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)