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On the south bank of the Indus in Ladakh, facing a great trade and invasion route to the north, lies Alchi, a repository of magnificent Buddhist wall paintings and clay sculptures that have survived for over eight hundred years. This sumptuously illustrated book details the most impressive of the temples within the complex, the Sumtsek Three-Tiered Temple. The building itself is an impressive mixture of Tibetan and Kashmiri elements, which display some central Asian antecedents. The fresh and colorful wall paintings, in a sophisticated kashmiri style, appear to be a transposition of…
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3 editions · 2 languages- Other · English · 1996Serinda Publications · 286 pages · 9780906026380
- Other · English · 1996Shambhala · 286 pages · 9781570622403
- Other · German · 1982DuMont · 110 pages · 9783770114795
Buddhist Mural painting and decorationBuddhist TemplesBuildings, structuresExhibitionsMural painting and decorationMural painting and decoration, BuddhistTemples, BuddhistBuddhist art
