Overview

Though the Drigung Kagyu was one of the most prominent and powerful schools of Tibetan Buddhism during its early period (12th - 14th century), its art is still relatively poorly known, even among Tibetans. With its mother monastery destroyed twice, once in the late 13th century and again during the Great Cultural Revolution, much of the art was lost or dispersed. The iconography of the Drigung School is examined with regard to its three main periods - early, middle, and late - in combination with the distinctive influences of the Sharri, Khyenri, and Driri styles. The book aims elucidate to the painting traditions of the Drigung Kagyu School and investigate lineage depictions and methods of dating, while referring to previously overlooked Tibetan sources, both ancient and modern. The publication and related exhibition also explores the beneficial quality ascribed to the works of art and the elements they contain.

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Author:   David P. Jackson ,  Christian Luczanits ,  Kristen Muldowney ,  Rubin Museum of Art (New York N y )
Publisher:   Rubin Museum of Art
Imprint:   Rubin Museum of Art
Dimensions:   Width: 25.40cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 30.50cm
Weight:   2.381kg
ISBN:  

9780984519071

ISBN 10:   0984519076
Pages:   300
Publication Date:   01 October 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Director's Statement Foreword Preface Introduction: The Drigung Kagyu Maps 1. Drigung Thel's Branches and Main Surviving Mural Sites 2. Early Research on Drigung Kagyu Art 3. Recent Research on Drigung Kagyu Painting 4. Written Sources 5. Early Drigung Kagyu Painting 6. Paintings from the Middle Period of Drigung Kagyu Art 7. Full-color Paintings of Peaceful Dieties in the Drigung Style 8. Paintings of Semiwrathful and Wrathful Deities in the Drigung Style 9. Recent Mural Sites in Lamayuru and Phyang 10. Three Artists in Drigung Thel Monasteries of Ladakh in the Twentieth Century 11. Beneficial to See: Early Drigung Painting / Christian Luczanits 12. The Elusive Lady to Nanam: An Introduction to the Protectress Achi Chokyi Drolma / Kristen Muldowney Roberts Appendix A. The Main Lineage of Drigung Appendix B. The Hierarchs of Drigung with Contemporary Head Lamas of Kailash and Ladakh, and Kings of Ladakh Appendix C. Monasteries of the Drigung Kagyu Notes Bibliography Index

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"""In this fifth volume of his landmark ""Masterworks of Tibetan Painting"" series, Jackson continues patiently and systematically to lay the groundwork for a new art history of Tibetan painting—one more firmly supported by specifics of provenance, subject, and style."""

In this fifth volume of his landmark Masterworks of Tibetan Painting series, Jackson continues patiently and systematically to lay the groundwork for a new art history of Tibetan painting-one more firmly supported by specifics of provenance, subject, and style. Choice

In this fifth volume of his landmark Masterworks of Tibetan Painting series, Jackson continues patiently and systematically to lay the groundwork for a new art history of Tibetan painting-one more firmly supported by specifics of provenance, subject, and style. * Choice *

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David P. Jackson is the author of Patron and Painter: Situ Panchen and the Revival of the Encampment Style; A History of Tibetan Painting; The Nepalese Legacy in Tibetan Painting; Mirror of the Buddha: Early Portraits from Tibet; and The Place of Provenance: Regional Styles in Tibetan Painting.

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