Tibetan Paintings, Art & Antiques 

The Art of Exile: Paintings by Tibetan Children in India by Sarah Lukas, Kitty Leaken, Clare Harris Hardcover (1998)            Paperback (1997)            Paperback (1997)

The Tibetan Homes Foundation in Mussoorie, India, was established in 1962 under the direction of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. It was formed as an emergency measure to receive the waves of refugee children arriving from Tibet, escaping persecution. Along with a standard English curriculum, THF has created a traditional living environment and classes that are designed to foster the knowledge and preservation of Tibetan culture. A painting club was established in 1995 by the Friends of Tibetan Women's Association to provide these children with a creative way to share their stories of leaving Tibet, their remembrances of home, and to give new and colorful expression to their lives as exiles in India. The Art of Exile: Paintings by Tibetan Children in India is a moving collection of interviews, photographs, and paintings from the children of Tibet-in-exile. It reveals the deep personal struggles and triumphs of these brave and vibrant individuals. It also illuminates the depth of commitment by the Tibetan people to keep their unique culture and language alive. Visually it presents often remarkably accomplished works of art, many that derive from the ancient thangka tradition of Tibet. Conceived by Friends of Tibetan Women's Association

The Buddha Scroll
by Thomas Cleary, Kuan-P'eng Ting
Hardcover  (1999)

An exquisite 36-foot-long full-color Buddhist scroll. This is a one-of-a-kind art reproduction. The Buddha Scroll contains a 36-foot-long, full-color reproduction of an exquisite Qing dynasty (eighteenth century) Chinese Buddhist scroll. It includes more than 600 portraits-of buddhas, bodhisattvas, arhats, devas, and historical figures; as well as over 2,000 images of other kinds-animals, flowers, Buddhist symbols, buildings, and landscapes of the important to Zen, Hua-yen, Tian-tai, Pure Land, and Tantric schools of Buddhism. A foldout key identifies each element of this extraordinary work of Buddhist art.  The publisher, Shambhala, 1999

The Tibetan Art of Healing
by Ian Baker, Romio Shrestha
Paperback  (1997)        Hardcover  (1997)        Hardcover  (1997)

Romio Shrestha, Tibet's foremost traditional artist, uses the age-old technique of painting with rich minerals such as gold, lapis, and garnet to provide a beautiful re-creation of revered, 400-year-old, Tibetan "thangkas" on the art of healing -- long considered lost. Tibetan scholar Ian Baker guides us through these exquisite paintings, unfolding their invaluable insights to remedies for a myriad of illnesses.

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