Painting Traditions of the Drigung Kagyu School

by David Paul Jackson, Kristen Muldowney, Rubin Museum of Art (New York N y ), et al.

Though the Drigung Kagyu was one of the most prominent and powerful schools of Tibetan Buddhism during its early period (12th - 14th century), its art is still relatively poorly known, even among Tibetans. With its mother monastery destroyed twice, once in the late 13th century and again during the Great Cultural Revolution, much of the art was lost or dispersed. The iconography of the Drigung School is examined with regard to its three main periods...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0984519076
• ISBN13: 9780984519071
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 5.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 9.6" x 12.4"