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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