On The Path to Void

This volume provides an overview of Tibet's magnificent art and architecture. In three sections on architectural monuments, sculpture, and painting and fabric images, the essays in this volume, written by the foremost scholars of Tibetan art and culture, cover monasteries, palace, icons, wall-painitngs, and the most widely known form of Tibetan art - Thankas. From the time of the Yurlung dynasty when Tibet was a formidable power, to the continuming and relentless "Sinfication" of Tibetan Culture, and going beyond poltical boundaries to include sites in India, such as Alchi and Tabo, a panorama of Tibet civilization is provided here.