The Silk Route and the Diamond Path : Esoteric Buddhist Art on the Trans-Himalayan Trade Routes
Published by The UCLA Art Council, Los Angeles, 1982
- Softcover
- Used
Seller: Independent Books, Long Beach, WA, U.S.A.Independent Books
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Condition: Used - Very good
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Companion to the exhibition of the same name occurring in 1982 to 1983 in LA, New York, and Washington DC. The exhibition and catalog are intended to suggest theoretical perspectives for the study of the Buddhist arts of the Western Himalayas and to place the arts within their historical, ideological, and aesthetic contexts. From the collection of Sanje (Frank) Elliott, Buddhist mentor, artist, and friend to many. Condition notes: 254 numbered pp +2; TPB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, textured purple eps, color frontis. Cover: gold wraps, color artwork front, black titles front/spine; modest edge/shelfwear, rubbing to boards especially near spine and to extrems, spine crease.
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- The Silk Route and the Diamond Path : Esoteric Buddhist Art on the Trans-Himalayan Trade Routes
- Author
- Klimburg-Salter, Deborah E.
- Publisher
- The UCLA Art Council, Los Angeles
- Publication year
- 1982
- Condition
- VG
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Item weight
- 3.5 pounds
- Dimensions
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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