The Encyclopedia of Tibetan Symbols and Motifs

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Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 704.948943923 EAN: 9781570624162 ISBN: 157062416X Label: Shambhala Manufacturer: Shambhala Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 400 Publication Date: 1999-10-12 Publisher: Shambhala Release Date: 1999-10-12 Studio: Shambhala
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Editorial Reviews: 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.
Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Very in depth, a must for anyone interested in Tibetan Buddhist iconography Comment: If you're interested in Tibetan Buddhist iconography for whatever reason you can't go wrong with this detailed book. The author's original illustrations provide a wealth of examples of images in Tibetan art, and the text provides rich historical and doctrinal background for understanding why the symbols are important. Highly recommended. Customer Rating: Summary: The Encyclopedia of Tibetan Symbols and Motifs Comment: Recieved the book promptly and in the condition promised. The book is an excellent source book. It does suffer from being without an index, for which the author apologizes. A source book without index is less than it should be. Still the images are excellent, and I assume the text is accurate. The author has spent a good portion of his working life in preparation: studying with Tibetan artists and craftspeople; and, becoming accomplished at rendering the brush drawings in an authentic manner. A good compaion book, especially as this does not have a index, is the "Handbook" by the same author Customer Rating: Summary: read Dagyab Rinpoche's Buddhist Symbols in Tibetan Culture Comment: It's a more interesting and authoritative reference for this subject matter. This is due to Rinpoche being a qualified (I emphasise the word 'qualified') Lama and Tibetan scholar. Also at no point does Rinpoche compromise Tibetan Buddhism by giving away restricted information. Customer Rating: Summary: The 'Wonderful' Encyclopedia of Tibetan Symbols and Motifs!!! Comment: I love this book. Having found it a few years back at a tattoo shop in Santa Cruz, California, I was only able to look at it for a short time but I was able to gain so much knowledge as to the wealth of designs and deep meaning found in Tibetan art. This book stayed in my mind thereafter. Here it is a few years and a couple tattoos later and the book resurfaced on Amazon. Great price, great condition and prompt service. This book is great for one who has interest in Tibetan art and it's symbolic nature. The concepts are well articulated and with each 'type' placed into a different chapter it makes refrencing quite simple. If you are interested, get this book! Customer Rating: Summary: Great book Comment: Great book, with lots of details. If you are interested in tibetan handicrafts, here you can get any tibetan design you can imagine. More Reviews