Forms of awakening : Tibetan art from the Jack Shear Collection /

"For centuries, Tibetan Buddhists have engaged with artworks as objects of veneration, guides for meditation, and tools for teaching. The awakened mind of the Buddha is embodied in the forms of Tibetan Buddhist visual culture. Jack Shear is a photographer and president of the Ellsworth Kelly Fo...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Bogin, Benjamin (Editor), Maki, Ariana (Editor), Seligman, Rachel (Editor), Lugyal, Rongwo (Translator)
Format:	Book
Language:	English Tibetan
Language Notes:	Parallel text in English and Tibetan translation.
Published:	New York : Delmonico, D.A.P., 2025.
Subjects:	Art, Tibetan > Exhibitions. Art, Tibetan > Private collections > Exhibitions. Buddhist art > China > Tibet Autonomous Region > Exhibitions. Shear, Jack > Art collections > Exhibitions. Himalaya Mountains > In art. Art tibétain > Expositions. Art tibétain > Collections privées > Expositions. Art bouddhique > Chine > Région autonome du Tibet > Expositions. exhibition catalogs. Exhibition catalogs. Essays. Illustrated works. Catalogues d'exposition. Ouvrages illustrés.

Table of Contents:

Introduction / Benjamin Bogin and Ariana Maki
Object of refuge: Rethinking the mobility of Tibetan art / Wen-shing Chou
Diminishing futures: Water, climate, and social change in the Himalayas / Nawang Tsering Gurung
The personification of presence: Representation of lives and lineage in the Jack Shear Collection of Tibetan Art / Andrew Quintman
Making connections: A Tsongkhapa Refuge assembly / Dominique Townsend
Tibetans as connoisseurs / Riga Shakya
Tibetan art as an offering to the Tibetan people / Choni Namgyal Tsepak
Tibetan art through the lens of spatial justive in the university museum / Janice Glowski
Himalyan art as a teaching tool for early learners / Noa Jones
An ekphrastic poetry exercise for Forms of Awakening / Tsering Wangmo Dhompa
Provenance and caretaking of Tibetan Buddhist art in museums / Ariana Maki.