Bibliography of Tibetan Art

Draft prepared by Frances Garrett

Anesaki, M. and Museum of Fine Arts Boston. (1915). Buddhist art in its relation to Buddhist ideals : with special reference to Buddhism in Japan . Boston ; New York, Houghton Mifflin company.

Avedon, J. F. and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (Smithsonian Institution) (1998). The Buddha's art of healing : Tibetan paintings rediscovered . New York, Rizzoli International Publications.

Brinker, H. (1983). Shussan Shaka-Darstellungen in der Malerei Ostasiens : Untersuchungen zu einem Bildthema der buddhistischen Figurenmalerei . Bern ; New York, Lang.

Bryner, E. (1957). Thirteen Tibetan tankas . [Indian Hills, Colo.], Falcon's Wing Press.

Cunningham, M. R., J. M. Rosenfield, et al. (1998). Buddhist treasures from Nara . Cleveland, Cleveland Museum of Art.

Dhanapala, D. B. and Unesco. (1964). Buddhist paintings from shrines and temples in Ceylon . [New York], Published by the New American Library of World Literature by arrangement with UNESCO.

Du Halde, J. B. and American and French Research on the Treasury of the French Language (Project) (1984). Description empire de Chine .

Du Halde, J. B. and American and French Research on the Treasury of the French Language (Project) (1996). Description géographique, historique, chronologique, politique, et physique de l'empire de la Chine et de la Tartarie chinoise : enrichie des cartes générales et particulières de ces pays, de la carte générale & des cartes particulières du Thibet, & de la Corée : & ornée d'un grand nombre de figures et de vignettes gravées en taille-douce .

Fisher, R. E. (1993). Buddhist art and architecture . London ; New York, N.Y., Thames and Hudson.

Gordon, A. K. (1952). Tibetan religious art . New York, Columbia University Press.

Gordon, A. K. (1963). Tibetan religious art . New York, Paragon Book Reprint Corp.

Gray, B. (1959). Buddhist cave paintings at Tun-huang . [Chicago], University of Chicago Press.

Jisl, L. (1961). Tibetan art . London, Spring Books.

Jordan, L., Tibetan Nyingma Meditation Center (Berkeley Calif.), et al. (1991). Sacred art of Tibet. Chicago, IL, Facets Video.
Two films from acclaimed filmmaker Larry Jordan displaying his imaginative animation techniques. In The sacred art of Tibet captures the charm and significance of Tibetan art using camera and editing techniques to explore a gallery of Tibetan artefacts. While in The visible compendium Jordan uses a cut-out animation style to take the viewer inside an enchanted visual landscape.

Lauf, D. I. (1976). Tibetan sacred art : the heritage of Tantra . Berkeley, Calif., Shambhala : [New York] : distributed by Random House.

Lauf, D. I. (1979). Eine Ikonographie des tibetischen Buddhismus . Graz, Akadem. Druck- u. Verlagsanst.

Le May, R. (1963). A concise history of Buddhist art in Siam . Rutland, Vt., C. E. Tuttle Co.

Leidy, D. P., R. A. F. Thurman, et al. (1997). Mandala : the architecture of enlightenment . New York
Boston, Asia Society Galleries : Tibet House ;
Shambhala.

Li, C.-c. e., S.-k. a. Ku, et al. (1985). The realm of Tibetan Buddhism . San Francisco, China Books and Periodicals.

Lindhorst, R. (1997). Darstellungen des Buddha und ihre symbolische Bedeutung im tibetischen Buddhismus . Berlin, Simon + Leutner.

Liu, L.-c. and R. Kiggell (1988). Buddhist art of the Tibetan Plateau . Hong Kong and San Francisco, CA, Joint Publishing ; Co-published and solely distributed in North America by China Books & Periodicals.

Loehr, M. (1961). Buddhist thought and imagery . Cambridge, Harvard University.

Marshall, J. H. (1960). The Buddhist art of Gandh*ara : the story of the early school, its birth, growth, and decline . Cambridge [Eng.], Published for the Dept. of Archaeology in Pakistan at the University Press.

Mitra, D. (1971). Buddhist monuments . Calcutta, Sahitya Samsad.

Newark Museum., V. Reynolds, et al. (1978). Tibet, a lost world : the Newark Museum collection of Tibetan art and ethnography . New York, American Federation of Arts.

Phoenix Art Museum. (1969). A collection of Buddhist bronzes from Mongolia . [Phoenix, Ariz.], The Museum.

Rawson, P. S. (1991). Sacred Tibet . New York, N.Y., Thames and Hudson.

Rhie, M. M., R. A. F. Thurman, et al. (1991). Wisdom and compassion : the sacred art of Tibet . New York, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco and Tibet House New York in association with H.N. Abrams.

Scherrer-Schaub, C. A., E. Steinkellner, et al. (1999). Tabo studies II : manuscsripts, texts, inscriptions, and the arts . Roma, Istituto italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente.

Seckel, D. (1989). Buddhist art of East Asia . Bellingham, Western Washington University.

Sierksma, F. (1966). Tibet's terrifying deities : sex and aggression in religious acculturation . The Hague, Mouton.

Singer, J. C., P. Denwood, et al. (1997). Tibetan art : towards a definition of style . London, Laurence King Pub.

Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde München. and A. Lommel (1968). Buddhistische Kunst . [München,.

Tibetan Nyingmapa Meditation Center. and T. Tarthang (1970). The Sacred art of Tibet . [Berkeley, Calif.], Tibetan Nyingma Meditation Center : Dharma Press.

Trungpa, C., Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Office of Exhibitions., et al. (1975). Visual dharma : the Buddhist art of Tibet . Berkeley [Calif.][New York], Shambhala ;distributed by Random House.

Tucci, G. (1966). Tibetan folk songs from Gyantse and western Tibet . Ascona, Switzerland, Artibus Asiae Publishers.

Uhlig, H. and Galerie im Rathaus (Tempelhof Berlin Germany) (1976). Buddhistische Kunst aus dem Himalaya : Kaschmir, Ladakh, Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan : [Ausstellung vom 27.4 bis 19.6.1976, Galerie im Rathaus Tempelhof . [Berlin-Tempelhof, Kunstamt.

Uhlig, H. (1979). Das Bild des Buddha . Berlin, Safari-Verlag.

Uhlig, H. and Museum Rietberg. (1995). On the path to enlightenment : the Berti Aschmann Foundation of Tibetan art at the Museum Rietberg Zürich . Zürich, Museum Rietberg.