With the destruction of Indian Buddhism in 1203, Tibet's previous source of artistic inspiration was wiped out. Tibetan artists then turned to Nepal, the only nearby surviving center of traditional Buddhist art, and also home to the Newar artists of the Kathmandu Valley who were well known and sought out for their extraordinary skill in painting, sculpture, and wood working.
Like Tibetan artists, the Newars originally followed a local Indian style, but had since gradually developed their own distinctive style. Within a generation after the disappearance of Indian Buddhism, Tibetans had copied and learned the Newar style, or Beri as it is now known. The style took root and existed for over four centuries, reaching its height from 1360-1460 when it was adopted as Tibet's universal painting style.
The Nepalese Legacy in Tibetan Painting traces the chronological development of the Beri style, highlighting key stylistic features such as dark indigo blue backgrounds, predominant red tones, decorative scrollwork, and distinctive architectural details. Among the most noteworthy works from the exhibition are a masterful painting containing four minutely-detailed mandalas created in the mid-15th century by Newari artists; the last two known major commissions in the Beri style; and important loans from the Walters Art Museum, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and a number of private collections.
Earlier scholars tended to oversimplify geographical range and sectarian scope of the Beri style, assuming that the majority of Beri paintings were commissioned by the Sakyapa School of Tibetan Buddhism. As a result, a number of important Beri works have hitherto been misidentified as Sakya art. In part, The Nepalese Legacy seeks to correct the erroneous limitation of the Beri style to the Sakya School of Tibetan Buddhism, and to demonstrate the full extent of its chronological development, religious patronage, and geographic scope.
Curated by David Jackson
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评分从阅读体验上来说,这本书的叙事风格是出人意料的流畅和富有感染力。尽管主题是高度专业化的艺术史研究,但作者似乎有一种魔力,能将相对枯燥的图像学分析转化为引人入胜的故事。他似乎总能找到一个独特的切入点,比如某位不知名工匠的生平片段,或是某幅唐卡中一个极不寻常的细节象征,然后以此为楔子,层层剥开整个艺术传统背后的复杂网络。这种“讲故事”的能力,使得即便是对初期唐卡艺术接触不多的读者,也能很快沉浸其中,而不是感到被术语和理论淹没。它成功地架起了一座桥梁,连接了纯粹的学术研究与对艺术之美的直观感受,让知识的获取过程变得愉悦而非负担。
评分我必须得提到这本书的学术严谨性,它简直是同行们的一面镜子。作者在脚注和尾注的处理上展现了惊人的耐心和专业素养。每一处关键的引述、每一个图像的来源都标注得清清楚楚,溯源精确到可以让人找到原始档案。对于研究者而言,这种透明度是至关重要的,它不仅证明了作者研究的扎实性,也为后续的研究者提供了极为便捷的检索入口。我特意去核对了几处引用的外文文献的翻译质量,发现其准确性和流畅性都非常高,没有丝毫的“翻译腔”或歧义,这表明翻译团队对专业术语的掌握也极为精深。它不是那种只需要泛读的通俗读物,而是需要反复咀嚼、对照参考的深度工具书,每一处细小的注释都蕴含着作者大量的案头工作。
评分这本书对于视觉材料的呈现方式,可以说是教科书级别的典范。图文的配合达到了教科书上的完美平衡,图文不再是互相印证的附属品,而是共同构建意义的伙伴。作者对于如何展示图像拥有独到的见解,比如,他不会仅仅提供一张完整的唐卡照片,还会精心选取局部特写,并用箭头或编号清晰地指示出他在正文中讨论的特定元素,这极大地减少了读者在不同页面间来回翻找的时间和精力消耗。更重要的是,图版的选择极具前瞻性,很多图像我还是第一次在公开出版物上见到,这无疑为学界提供了一批新的、亟待分析的视觉证据。这种对视觉档案的精挑细选和专业处理,是这本书作为重量级参考资料的基石所在。
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