Title: Awaken : a Tibetan Buddhist journey toward enlightenment /
Authors: Rice, John Henry, 1971-; Durham, Jeffrey, 1966-; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts; Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
Year: 2019
Subjects: Buddhist art Tibet Region Exhibitions.; Buddhist art and symbolism Tibet Region Exhibitions.; Art, Tibetan Exhibitions; ART Asian.; RELIGION Buddhism Tibetan.; ART Subjects & Themes Religious.; Art, Tibetan; Buddhist art; Buddhist art and symbolism; China Tibet Region
Abstract: "Curators Dr. John Henry Rice, E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Curator of South Asian and Islamic Art, VMFA, and Jeffrey Durham, Associate Curator of Himalayan Art, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, co-authored the catalogue, which presents the exhibition's spectacular Himalayan art, explores the philosophical tenets encoded in the works, and details an immersive process of self-discovery. Complementary essays examine Tibetan Buddhism's ritual tools, paintings, symbolic imagery, and artistic traditions. The catalogue covers Buddhism's essential teachings, including descriptions of rituals, deities, and art, both traditional and contemporary"--
Contents: Awaken / John Henry Rice and Jeffrey S. Durham -- Teachings envisioned / Elena Pakhoutova -- Tools of the trade / Katherine Anne Paul -- Vajracharya crowns and diadems / Alexander von Rospatt -- Seeing the unseen / Eric Huntington -- Ancient innovations and thangka treasures / Jeffrey S. Durham -- Transformer / Tsherin Sherpa with Paul Ferguson.