Visible Heritage: Essays on the Art and Architecture of Great Ladakh
Linrothe, Rob & Heinrich Poll (Eds.)
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Book ID : 43372
ISBN-10 : 81-924502-7-9 / 8192450279
ISBN-13 : 978-81-924502-7-8 / 9788192450278
Place
of Publication :
Delhi
Year
of Publication :
2016
Edition : (First Edition)
Language : English
272p., Full of Col. Plts., 29 cm.
CONTENTS
CONTENTS:- 1. Alchi Tsatsapuri: Notes on the History of an Early Monument by Andre Alexander. 2. Lost and Gone Forever: Notes on the Demolition of the 23 Red Temple of Hunder by Noor Jahan Chunka And Gerald Kozicz. 3. Fortifications of Ladakh: A Brief Chrono-Typology by Quentin Devers. 4. The Munshi House in Leh: A Building History by John Harrison. 5. Castles and Defensive Architecture in Purig: An Introduction, Survey and Preliminary Analysis by Neil Howard. 6. The Old Stupa of Matho by Gerald Kozicz. 7. Visual Representation of Ladakh and Zangskar in the British Library's Wise Collection by Diana Lange. 8. Siddhas and Sociality: A Seventeenth-Century Lay Illustrated Buddhist Manuscript in Kumik Village, Zangskar (A Preliminary Report) by Rob Linrothe. 9. Trees-of-Life, Aquatic Creatures and Other Enigmatic Motifs on Ladakhi Wood Art: What They Tell Us About Art History by Heinrich Poll. 10. The Life of Buddha Sakyamuni in the Byams pa lha khang of Basgo, Ladakh by Verena Ziegler.
DESCRIPTION
Selected papers from the 16th Conference of the International Association for Ladakh Studies (Heidelberg 17-20 April, 2013).