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The Tibetan Art of Healing by Ian Baker Publisher Comments Like an illuminated manuscript, this extraordinarily beautiful book is both an exquisite artwork in itself and an object of profound meditation. It is based on a revered collection, long considered lost, of four-hundred-year-old Tibetan thangkas on the... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $7.48 Used - Trade Paper 
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The Encyclopedia of Tibetan Symbols and Motifs by Robert Beer Publisher Comments For artists, designers, and all with an interest in Buddhist and Tibetan art, this is the first exhaustive reference to the seemingly infinite variety of symbols found throughout Tibetan art in line drawings, paintings, and ritual objects. Hundreds of... (read more) Your price: $75.00 New - Hardcover
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Discoveries: India and the Mughal Dynasty (Discoveries) by Valerie Berinstain Publisher Comments Well-written, loaded with information, and with a rich assortment of illustrations, each Discoveries "RM" volume is a look at one facet of art, archaeology, music, history, philosophy, popular culture, science, or nature. These innovatively designed... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $6.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Sacred Art of Tibet by Tarthang Tulku Publisher Comments A survey of Tibetan sculpture and painting, this book examines sacred art, its philosophical foundations, and its role in Tibetan Buddhist meditation. Forty full-page black and white photographs.... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Sacred Visions: Early Painting in Tibet by Steven Kossak Book News Annotation Presents reproductions of 55 ancient Tibetan paintings, many never before published. Works are discussed in relation to their style, iconography, provenance, and date. Accompanying essays place the paintings in historical context by: tracking the... (read more) Your price: $39.00 Used - Hardcover
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Tibetan Religious Art by Antoinette K. Gordon Publisher Comments Assembled by an anthropologist at the American Museum of Natural History, this work features an informative overview of the intrinsic relationship of Buddhist deities to Tibetan art and a lavish assortment of well-captioned illustrations: temple... (read more) List Price $11.95 Your price: $10.61 Google eBooks - Electronic
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A Celebration of Love (Roli Books) by Harsha V Dehejia Publisher Comments The "romantic heroine in the Indian tradition is celebrated in prose, poetry, painting, dance and music. This volume examines these various aspects of her romantic emotion, its depiction in the paintings of the Rajput courts and other schools of art, and... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $5.98 Used - Hardcover
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The Goddess and the Nation: Mapping Mother India by Sumathi Ramaswamy Publisher Comments Making the case for a new kind of visual history, The Goddess and the Nation charts the pictorial life and career of Bharat Mata, “Mother India,” the Indian nation imagined as mother/goddess, embodiment of national territory, and unifying... (read more) List Price $32.75 Your price: $12.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Bollingen Series #0006: Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilization by Heinrich Zimmer Publisher Comments "In viewing India's art and civilization, the late Dr. Heinrich Zimmer, a man of penetrating intellect, the keenest esthetic sensibility and a predilection for psychoanalytic methods, found unlimited material for employing all three qualities. . . . The... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Heavenly Himalayas: The Murals of Mangyu and Other Discoveries in Ladakh by Peter Van Ham Synopsis This volume presents for the first time in book form important and largely unknown treasures of Indo-Kashmiri Buddhism.... (read more) List Price $75.00 Your price: $49.95 Sale - Hardcover
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Tibetan Religious Art by Antoinette K Gordon Publisher Comments Assembled by an anthropologist at the American Museum of Natural History, this work features an informative overview of the intrinsic relationship of Buddhist deities to Tibetan art and a lavish assortment of well-captioned illustrations: temple... (read more) List Price $10.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Indian Art (Oxford History of Art) by Partha Mitter Publisher Comments This concise yet lively new survey guides the reader through 5,000 years of Indian art and architecture. A rich artistic tradition is fully explored through the Hindu, Buddhist, Islamic, Colonial, and contemporary periods, incorporating discussion of... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $15.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Edge of Desire: Recent Art in India by Chaitanya Sambrani Publisher Comments The book presents a decade-long perspective on contemporary visual practices in India, with stunning visuals and insightful essays by leading intellectuals in the field. Engaging with a diversity of art practices and creative conditions, the publication (... (read more) List Price $52.95 Your price: $19.95 Used - Hardcover
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Wonder of the Age: Master Painters of India, 1100-1900 by John Guy Publisher Comments This vividly illustrated publication features 110 works by many of the most eminent painters in the history of Indian art. These remarkable paintings, dating from 1100 to 1900, were selected according to identifiable artists, and they refute the long... (read more) Your price: $45.00 New - Hardcover
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Light of India: A Conflagration of Indian Matchbox Art by Warren Dotz Publisher Comments With all the zany vibrancy of a Bollywood musical, the colorful matchbox labels of LIGHT OF INDIA present a fascinating confluence of popular culture and a sophisticated graphic arts tradition that stretches back for centuries. Populated with pouncing... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Baby! by Sirish Rao Publisher Comments In Association with Tara Publishing Throughout India,images of babies appear everywhere-on posters, in calendars, and onbillboards. And these are no ordinary babies-Doctor baby, Scientistbaby, Apollo rocket baby-all make their appearance. Babies are... (read more) List Price $17.25 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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New Delhi, New Wave by Jerome Neutres Publisher Comments The recent Bollywood craze in the West might get more exposure, but contemporary Indian artists aren't far behind. New Delhi, New Wave is the best introduction to date to the work of established and emerging Indian artists--many of whom are dealing with... (read more) List Price $70.00 Your price: $24.97 Sale - Hardcover
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Princes and Painters in Mughal Delhi, 1707-1857 by William Dalrymple Publisher Comments Between the years 1707 and 1857, the cultural center of Delhi in North India was the locus of a dramatic shift of power with the decline of the Mughal Empire and the rise of the British Raj. This critical transitional period altered Indian culture... (read more) Your price: $60.00 New - Hardcover
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Hindu Art by T Richard Blurton Publisher Comments In a survey that stretches back to prehistory, Blurton discusses the religious, cultural, and historical influences that figure in Hindu art. Tracing its evolution, he shows how Hindu art has come to embrace widely varying styles, reflecting differences... (read more) List Price $31.00 Your price: $15.95 Used - Trade Paper
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National Handicrafts and Handlooms Museum, New Delhi by Jyotindra Jain Book News Annotation Scharnhorst (English and American studies, U. of New Mexico) lists and summarizes about 2600 items, including reviews of Hawthorne's works, news reports about him, a selection of obituaries, reviews of all 19th century book-length studies of his life... (read more) List Price $65.00 Your price: $25.00 Used - Hardcover
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