Alchi: Ladakh's Hidden Buddhist Sanctuary - The Sumtsek
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| Rating | : | 4.52 (860 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0906026385 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-02-23 |
| Language | : | English |
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The book Alchi: Ladakh's Hidden Buddhist Sanctuary - The Sumtsek written by Roger Goepepper consist of 288 pages. It published on 2017-02-23. This book available on paperback format but you can read it online or even download it from our website. Just follow the simple step.
wordtrade@wordtrade.com said important view of world class art on the verge extinction.. Upon the northern edge of the Indian subcontinent, in the hilly folds near the Himalayas, east of Kashmir near the Tibetan border south of the Indus river is Ladakh. Its valleys have long been a great trade and invasion route to the north of India. There is Alchi, a distinct daedal of Buddhist temples with splendid wall paintings and clay sculptures that have survived for the past eight hundred years to reveal some of the best preserved and unaltered images, an iconography of a flourishing Varjayana Buddhism. This sumptuous limited editio. A must have book A Customer I was trained in art history at Smith College, so I thought I had some notion of the world's greatest art monuments. NOT!Alchi is every bit as sophisticated, refined and important as the Sistine Chapel, the Pompei frescoes, etc. that we in the West are already familiar with.Seeing Alchi in person blows you away - you're amazed that something this precious and beautiful exists, and, miraculously, has survived so many chances at oblivion. Go to see it - or, failing that, buy this book. You can't take pictures inside anyway, so either way, b