The Temples of Lhasa : Tibetan Buddhist Architecture from the 7th to the 21st Centuries

Author: Andre Alexander ISBN: 9789812611901 Publisher: Marshall Cavendish The temples of lhasa is a comprehensive survey of historic buddhist sites in the tibetan capital of lhasa the study is based on the tibetan heritage funds official five-year architectural conservation project in tibet, during which the author and his team had unlimited access to the buildings studied the documented sites span the entire known history of tibetan buddhist art and architecture from the 7th to the 21st centuries divided into thirteen chapters, the book covers all the major and minor temples in historic lhasa including some of tibets oldest and most revered sites, such as the lhasa tsukla-khang, as well as lesser-known but highly important sites such as the jebumgang lha-khang and meru nyingpa the book is illustrated with numerous color plates taken over a period of roughly 15 years from the mid-1980s to today and is augmented with rare photographs and reproductions of tibetan paintings the history