Himalayan art reading list
Bangdel, L.S. The Early Sculptures of Nepal, Delhi, Vikas, 1982
Clarke, J. Jewellery of Tibet and the Himalayas, London, V&A, 2004
Gordon, A. The Iconography of Tibetan Lamaism, Rutland, Tuttle, 1959 (reprint New York, Paragon, 1967)
Heller, A. Tibetan Art, Milan, Jaca Books, 1999
Jackson, D.P & J.A. Tibetan Thangka Painting; Methods and Materials,
Serindia, London 1988
Jackson, D. A History of Tibetan Painting, Vienna, 1996
Karmay, H. Early Sino-Tibetan Art, Warminster, Aris and Philips, 1975
Klimburg-Salter, D. The Silk Route and the Diamond Path, Los Angeles, UCLA Art Council, 1982
Klimburg-Salter, D. Tabo, A Lamp for the Kingdom, Milan, 1997
Lo Bue, E. Gyantse Re-visited, CSMEO
Lo Bue, E. & Ricca, F. The Great Stupa of Gyantse Serindia, 1993
Lowry, J. Tibetan Art, London, HMSO, 1973
MacDonald, A. W.& Stahl, A. V. Newar Art, Warminster, Aris and Philips, 1979
Olson E. Catalogue of the Tibetan Collections and Other Lamaist Articles in the Newark Museum, 5 Vols. Newark, 1950-71
Pal, P. The Arts of Nepal, Part 1 Sculpture, Part 2 Painting, Leiden, Brill, 1974, 1978
Pal, P. Bronzes of Kashmir, Graz, Akademische Druck-u Verlagsanstalt, 1975
Pal, P. Tibetan Paintings, London, Sothebys, 1984
Pal, P. Art of Nepal, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1985
Pal, P. Art of Tibet, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1990
Reynolds, V., Heller, A.,& Gyatso, J. Sculpture and Painting Vol.3 revised catalogue of Tibetan collection, Newark, New Jersey, 1986
Reynolds, V., From the Scared Realm, Treasures of Tibetan Art
from the Newark Museum, New York, 1999
Rhie, M. M., & Thurman, A. F. Wisdom and Compassion, The Sacred Art of Tibet, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, 1991
Schicklgruber, C.& Pommaret, F.,(Ed) Bhutan, Mountain Fortress of the Gods, London, Serindia, 1997
Schroeder, U.von Indo-Tibetan Bronzes, Hong Kong, Visual Dharma Publications, 1981
Singh, M. Himalayan Art, London, Macmillan/UNESCO, 1968
Singer, J. & Denwood, P. Tibetan Art, Towards a Definition of Style, London, 1997
Singer, J. & Kossak, S. M. Sacred Visions, Early Paintings from Central Tibet, New York, 1999
Slusser, M. S. Nepal Mandala. A Cultural Study of the Kathmandu Valley, 2 vols., Princeton University Press, 1982
Thurman, R.& Rhie, M. Worlds of Transformation, (Paintings from the Shelley and Donald Rubin collection) New York, 1999
Snellgrove, D. L. & Richardson, H. E. A Cultural History of Tibet, London.
Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1968
Snellgrove, D. L.& Skorupski, T. The Cultural Heritage of Ladakh, 2 vols. Warminster, Aris and Philips, 1977 and 1980
Stein, R. A. Tibetan Civilisation, Stanford 1972
Tucci, G.Tibetan Painted Scrolls, 3 vols., Rome, Liberia dello Stato, 1949
Uhlig, H. On the Path to Enlightenment, Zurich, 1995
Vira, R.& Chandra L. A New Tibeto-Mongol Pantheon, New Delhi, Jayyed Press, 1961
Vitali, R. Early Temples of Central Tibet, London, 1990
Weldon, D.& Singer, J. The Sculptural Heritage of Tibet, Buddhist Art From the Nyingjei Lam Collection, London, Laurence King, 1999
Zwalf, W. Heritage of Tibet, London, British Museum Publications, 1981
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