Himalayas : an aesthetic adventure / Pratapaditya Pal ; with contributions by Amy Heller, Oskar von Hinüber, and Gautama V. Vajracharya.

Main entry:

Pal, Pratapaditya.

Title & Author:

Himalayas : an aesthetic adventure / Pratapaditya Pal ; with contributions by Amy Heller, Oskar von Hinüber, and Gautama V. Vajracharya.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

Description:

308 pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm

Notes:
Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Art Institute of Chicago, Apr. 5-Aug. 17, 2003 and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Oct. 18, 2003-Jan. 11, 2004.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Catalogue of the Exhibition / Pratapaditya Pal.

Summary:

Presents and describes 187 Hindu and Buddhist artworks of the Himalayas from the sixth through the nineteenth centuries; geographically themed essays; and translations and interpretations of several Nepali, Kashmiri, and Tibetan inscriptions.

Resources:
Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
Table of contents

ISBN:

0520239016 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
9780520239012 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
0520239008 (softcover ; alk. paper)
9780520239005 (softcover ; alk. paper)
8188204218 (Mapin ; alk. paper)
9788188204212 (Mapin ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Buddhist art Himalaya Mountains Region Exhibitions.
Hindu art Himalaya Mountains Region Exhibitions.
Art bouddhique Himālaya Expositions.
Art hindou Himālaya Expositions.
Buddhist art
Hindu art
Kunstvoorwerpen.
Goden.
Boeddhisme.
Himalaya Mountains Region

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogues.
Exhibition catalogs.
exhibition catalogs.
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Heller, Amy, 1951-
Hinüber, Oskar von.
Vajrācārya, Gautamavajra.
Art Institute of Chicago.
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (Smithsonian Institution)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 233133
Call No.: N8193.A3 C456 2003
Status: Available

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