Portraits of the Masters
Subtitle: Bronze Sculptures of the Tibetan Buddhist Lineages
Contributors: Donald Dinwiddie (Contributor, Editor); Ramon N. Prats (Contributor); Peter Alan Roberts (Contributor); Cyrus Stearns (Contributor); Tenzin Dechen Rochard (Contributor); Heather Stoddard (Editor)
Publisher: Serindia Publications
Published: November 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 396
ISBN-13: 9781932476002
Subjects: Oriental art; Sculpture; Tibetan Buddhism; Modern period, c 1500 onwards; c 1000 CE to c 1500; Art & Art Instruction; Sculpture, Buddhist; Art; Tibet; Bronze sculpture, Tibetan; Portrait sculpture, Tibetan; China
First sentence: The image of the Tibetan lama as a spiritual guide is a friendly and familiar one in the world at the beginning of the 21st century.