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Genre/Form: | Pictorial works Ouvrages illustrés |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Thomas Laird; Robert A F Thurman; Heather Stoddard; Cameron Bailey; Jakob Winkler; Shigeru Ban; Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV |
ISBN: | 9783836533126 383653312X |
OCLC Number: | 1037895638 |
Notes: | The main volume is an extensive photographic archive of Tibetan Buddhist murals, shot over a 10-year period by Thomas Laird in all corners of the plateau and reproduced in color and life-size resolution. The volume is accompanied by a modular bookstand designed by Shigeru Ban and an illustrated supplement (designated "companion book" by publisher) with the images in reduced format and texts by Thomas Laird, Robert A.F. Thurman, Heather Stoddard, Cameron Bailey, and Jakob Winkler. Limited edition of 998 copies. LC has copy number 898, signed, as are all copies, by His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama. |
Description: | 498 pages, 6 folded leaves of plates : color illustrations ; 70 cm + 1 modular bookstand and 1 supplementary volume (528 pages : color illustrations ; 35 cm) |
Responsibility: | Thomas Laird. |
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