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On the south bank of the Indus in Ladakh, facing a great trade and invasion route to the north, lies Alchi, a repository of magnificent Buddhist wall paintings and clay sculptures that have survived for over eight hundred years. This sumptuously illustrated book details the most impressive of the temples within the complex, the Sumtsek Three-Tiered Temple.
The building itself is an impressive mixture of Tibetan and Kashmiri elements, which display some central Asian antecedents. The fresh and colorful wall paintings, in a sophisticated kashmiri style, appear to be a transposition of techniques intended for miniatures onto walls. The masterly vision of the creators of the Sumtsek has melded a profusion of teachings, artistic formats, structural possibilities and the demands of a donor's personal vision, into a unified sanctuary.
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Buddhist Mural painting and decoration, Buddhist Temples, Buildings, structures, Exhibitions, Gsum-rtsegs (Temple : Alchi Gömpa, India), Mural painting and decoration, Mural painting and decoration, Buddhist, Temples, Buddhist, ʾDu Khaṅ (Temple : Alchi Gömpa, India), ʼDu Khaṅ (Temple : Alchi Gömpa, India)Places
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Alchi: Ladakh's hidden Buddhist sanctuary : the Sumtsek
1996, Serinda Publications
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0906026385 9780906026380
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Alchi: Ladakh's hidden Buddhist sanctuary : the Sumtsek
1996, Shambhala, Distributed in the U.S. by Random House
in English
157062240X 9781570622403
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Alchi: Buddhas, Göttinnen, Mandalas : Wandmalerei in einem Himalaya-Kloster
1982, DuMont
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3770114795 9783770114795
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"Published in association with Orientstiftung zur Förderung der Ostasiatischen Kunst, Cologne.".
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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