Author : Roerich, George de Year of publication: 2001 Format: Hardback Signature: No First edition :No Condition: New Category: Art and culture Cost of book: £4474 Price negotiable: No
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4to, 215p., 1,85kg. Language: Russian. Newly bound by "Leather Mosaic". The book is individually hand-sewn and bound in hand-crafted and tooled full dark brown shagreen with elaborated multi-colour shagreen onlays, and is enclosed in a tooled and embroidered silk slipcase. Offset paper. Chalk overlay paper for insert. Embroidered silk endpapers. Doublures ornately hand-tooled in gilt with a wide border. All edges gilt and hand engraving. The covers with multi-colour shagreen onlays are hand-tooled in gilt. The spine lettered and tooled in gilt with color embossing compartments and multi-colour shagreen onlays. Contained within a custom-made embroidered silk with matching brown shagreen gilt edging slipcase. The slipcase interior is enrobed in red velvet. (The colors shade captured on photos may slightly differ from the original). "Tibetan Paintings" was published in 1925 in Paris in English. This book still remains one of the major works on Buddhist iconography. The current translation of the English version fully conveys the stylistic features of the original, and also retains the exact transliteration of the Eastern terms. The appendix contains a description of the collection of Buddhist art gathered at the International center of the Roerichs. Rich illustrated material (51 colour and 17 tone Illus.) and easily readable style make this edition useful for both the professional Orientalists and anyone interested in the culture and art of Tibet and Central Asia. The book includes an index, a terminological dictionary and other reference materials. George Nicolas de Roerich (1902 – 1960) was a prominent 20th century Tibetologist. His name at birth was Yuri Nikolaevich Rerikh. George's work encompassed many areas of Tibetan studies, but in particular he is known for his contributions to Tibetan dialectology, his monumental translation of the Blue Annals, and his 11-volume Tibetan-Russian-English dictionary (published posthumously). He was the son of a famous Russian painter, explorer and Tibetologist Nicholas Roerich and Helena Roerich.
