FOREWORD ....................................................... 11
INTRODUCTION ................................................... 13
PART I: INTRODUCTORY MATTER .................................... 17
Chapter 1: Previous Research by Western Scholars ............... 19
Chapter 2: Tibetan Sources ..................................... 43
Traditional Accounts ........................................... 43
Eight Earlier Accounts on the Great Painters ................ 43
(1) sDe-srid Sangs-rgyas-rgya-mtsho (1653-1705), bsTan
bcos bai ḍū rya...g.ya'sel ............................. 44
(2) De'u-dmar dge-bshes bsTan-'dzin-phun-tshogs
(fl. early 18th c.), Кun gsal tshon..., ................ 44
(3) De'u-dmar dge-bshes, Rab gnas kyi rgyas bshad .......... 45
(4) Zhu-chen Tshul-khrims-rin-chen (1697-1774),
gTsug lag khang chos 'byung ............................ 45
(5) Sum-pa mkhan-po Ye-shes-dpal-'byor (1704-1788),
dPag bsam ljon bzang ................................... 46
(6) Klong-rdol bla-ma Ngag-dbang-blo-bzang (1719—1794/5),
bZo dang gso ba ........................................ 46
(7) Gu-ru bKra-shis, Chos 'byung ngo mtshar gtam..., ....... 46
(8) Kong-sprul Blo-gros-mtha'-yas (1813-1899), Shes bya
kun khyab .............................................. 47
Three Tibetan Sources Describing the Traditional Painting
Styles ...................................................... 48
(1) De'u-dmar dge-bshes's Description of Styles ............ 48
(2) bDud-'dul-rdo-rje, 13th Karma-pa, dPyad don tho
chung .................................................. 51
(3) The Account of Painting Styles Found in the Manual
Ri mo mkhan rnams la nye bar mkho ba'i lag len
dang sbyin bdag gi mtshan nyid ......................... 52
The Iconometry Manual of Karma-rin-chen-dar-rgyas .............. 53
Works of Modern Tibetan Scholarship ............................ 56
PART II: THE GREAT TIBETAN PAINTERS AND THEIR STYLES:
A HISTORICAL SKETCH ............................................ 67
Chapter 1 Early References to Tibetan Painters and Styles ..... 69
Some Mentions of 12th- and Early-13th-century Tibetan
Painters ....................................................... 69
Sacred Art as the Subject of Critical Discussion ............... 73
Some Authorities and Painters of the Mid-13th and 14th
Centuries ...................................................... 74
The Penetration of Yüan-Dynasty Chinese Influences ............. 74
Bu-ston Rin-chen-grub at Zhwa-lu ............................... 75
The Patronage of Newar Painters at Ngor ........................ 77
The First Emergence of Tibetan Styles .......................... 82
Names of Early Painters in gTsang .............................. 83
Chapter 2 The Master Painter Bye'u and Two Important Figures
in Early-15th-century gTsang ........................ 89
Traditional Accounts about Bye'u ............................... 89
Bo-dong Paṇ-chen and the Lord of La-stod Byang ................. 95
Great Metal-workers and Sculptors from La-stod Byang ........... 96
Chapter 3 sMan-thang-pa sMan-bla-don-grub and the Early
Followers of His Tradition ......................... 103
gNas-rnying, Its Chinese Scroll, and Gyantse .................. 104
sMan-bla-don-grub's Treatises ................................. 113
Important Murals and Other Major Projects ..................... 114
Other References to the Great sMan-thang-pa and His Works ..... 119
sMan-bla-don-grub's Style ..................................... 119
Early Painters in the sMan-thang-pa Lineage ................... 120
sMan-thang-pa 'Jam-dbyangs-pa .............................. 120
sMan-thang-pa Lhun-grub-pa ................................. 121
sMan-thang-pa Zhi-ba-'od and Others ........................ 121
Early Traces of sMan-ris Compositions in Block-prints ......... 122
The Gung-thang Xylograph Editions .......................... 122
A Late-15 th-century Xylograph Print from gTsang ........... 127
Comparisons with Earlier Xylographs ........................ 128
Chapter 4 mKhyen-brtse of Gong-dkar and His Tradition ........ 139
Characteristics of mKhyen-brtse's Style ....................... 142
Early and Later Followers ..................................... 142
Ye-shes-bstan-'dzin, a Late Reviver of the mKhyen-ris ......... 164
Chapter 5 The Painting Tradition of the Karma-pa
Encampment ......................................... 169
Nam-mkha'-bkra-shis's First Painting Teacher,
dKon-mchog-phan-bde of E ...................................... 169
Chinese Influences on Nam-mkha'-bkra-shis ..................... 173
Chronological References ...................................... 176
Other Early Artists of the Karmapa's Encampment ............... 176
The Great Sculptor Karma-srid-bral ......................... 176
Dwags-po Rab-'byams-pa ..................................... 177
Karma-mchog-gyur-pa ........................................ 177
Chapter 6 Phreng-kha-ba and Other Outstanding sMan-ris
Artists of the 16th and 17th Centuries ............. 181
'Phreng-kha-ba or Ri-mkhar-ba ................................. 181
Sangs-rgyas-lha-dbang of IDan-ma .............................. 182
'Brug-chen Padma-dkar-po and Two Other'Brug-pa Hierarchs ...... 183
Great sMan-ris Masters in Central Tibet from the Mid 16th
until the Late 17th Century ................................... 184
Artistic Activities at Jo-nang ................................ 186
Chapter 7 sMan-ris Artists Patronized by the 5th Dalai Lama
and sDe-srid Sangs-rgyas-rgya-mtsho ................ 197
Renovation of the Jo-khang and Ra-mo-che ...................... 201
Writings and Studies of the 5th Dalai Lama .................... 203
Zur-chen Chos-dbyings-rang-grol ............................... 205
Painters Patronized by sDe-srid Sangs-rgyas-rgya-mtsho ........ 206
Chapter 8 gTsang-pa Chos-dbyings-rgya-mtsho and His New
sMan-ris ........................................... 219
His Main Patrons .............................................. 219
Characteristics of His Style .................................. 222
Later Spread and Influence of the New sMan-ris ................ 243
Chapter 9 Chos-dbyings-rdo-rje, the 10th Zhwa-nag Karma-pa ... 247
Early Practice of Religious Art ............................... 247
Chos-dbyings-rdo-rje's Style .................................. 251
Chapter 10 Si-tu Paṇ-chen Chos-kyi-'byung-gnas ................ 259
Early Studies ................................................. 259
Paintings He Commissioned in Later Years ...................... 261
Patronage of rJes-stod Tshe-dbang-grags-pa .................... 271
"Portraits" of Si-tu Paṇ-chen ................................. 278
Si-tu Paṇ-chen's Stylistic Legacy and Pupils .................. 283
Chapter 11 Chos-bkra-shis, Karma-bkra-shis and the
Kar-shod-pa Tradition .............................. 289
Chos-bkra-shis ................................................ 289
Karma-bkra-shis ............................................... 289
The Kar-shod-pa Tradition ..................................... 289
De'u-dmar dge-bshes's Description .......................... 290
Some Surviving Kar-shod-pa Paintings ....................... 290
Chapter 12 Zhu-chen Tshul-khrims-rin-chen of lDan-ma .......... 301
Youthful Studies .............................................. 301
Mature Works and Projects ..................................... 304
Chapter 13 Later Regional Styles: A Few Notes ................. 317
A-mdo ......................................................... 317
Khams ......................................................... 320
sGar-bris Masters of the 18th through 20th Centuries .......... 320
Karma-bstan-'dzin-dge-legs-nyi-ma and Others in the 19th
Century .................................................... 320
Thang-bla-tshe-dbang ....................................... 327
The Recent Kar-shod-pa ..................................... 328
Later sMan-bris Traditions of Khams ........................... 328
Khams-sprul Kun-dga'-bstan-'dzin ........................... 328
Phur-bu-tshe-ring of Chab-mdo and a New sMan-bris of
Khams ...................................................... 328
Chab-mdo bSod-nams-tshe-ring ............................... 333
Lha-thog Rang-dge bsTan-'dzin-yongs-'du .................... 335
Other sMan-bris Painters ................................... 335
'Bri-gung ..................................................... 338
South and Southeast Tibet, and Bordering Regions .............. 345
E District ................................................. 345
Bhutan ..................................................... 345
sKyid-rong and Eastern mNga'-ris .............................. 346
Kun-bzang-phrin-las-dbang-phyug of sKyid-rong .............. 346
Mustang, Thak Khola and Dolpo .............................. 349
Ladakh
Ri-rdzong sras-sprul Rin-po-che ............................... 353
gTsang (Tashilhunpo) .......................................... 354
Chapter 14 Concluding Remarks ................................. 369
Written Descriptions of Paintings ............................. 369
Paintings Commissioned as Models .............................. 371
The Role of Xylograph Printing ................................ 375
PART III CONCLUDING MATTER ................................... 381
Appendices: The Main Tibetan Texts and Translations ........... 383
Appendix A. An Account Given by sDe-srid Sangs-rgyas-rgya-
mtsho ............................................. 385
Appendix B. Accounts from the Writings of De 'u-dmar
dGe-bshes bsTan-'dzin-phun-tshogs ................. 387
Part 1 Two Passages from the Painting Manual of De'u-dmar
dGe-bshes bsTan-'dzin-phun-tshogs ..................... 387
(1) A Description of the Old Painting Traditions .......... 387
(2) The Traditional History ............................... 389
Part 2. An Account by De'u-dmar dGe-bshes bsTan-'dzin-phun-
tshogs from His Exposition of Image Consecration ...... 390
Appendix C. An Account by Zhu-chen Tshul-khrims-rin-chen ...... 391
Appendix D. The Account Given by Sum-pa mKhan-po Ye-shes-
dpal-'byor ........................................ 393
Appendix E. The Account of bDud-'dul-rdo-rje, the 13th
Karma-pa .......................................... 393
Appendix F. The Account of Klong-rdol Bla-ma Ngag-dbang-
blo-bzang ......................................... 394
Appendix G. Excerpts from the Account in Gu-ru bKra-shis's
History ........................................... 395
Appendix H. The Account of Kong-sprul Blo-gros-mtha'-yas ...... 396
Appendix I. Comments by the 5th Dalai Lama and a Poem by
'Phreng-kha-ba .................................... 399
Appendix F. The Account of Painting Styles Found in the
Manual Ri mo mkhan mams la nye bar mkho ba 'i
lag len dang sbyin bdaggi mtshan nyid ............. 401
Appendix K. The Account Given by W.D. Shakabpa ................ 403
MAP OF ETHNIC TIBET ........................................... 407
Key to the Map ................................................ 408
INSCRIPTIONS .................................................. 411
BIBLIOGRAPHY .................................................. 415
European Language Sources ..................................... 415
Tibetan Sources ............................................... 420
INDEXES ....................................................... 427
Tibetan Proper Nouns .......................................... 427
Tibetan Terms ................................................. 445
Tibetan Titles ................................................ 450
Sanskrit Names ................................................ 452
Other Names and Terms ......................................... 453
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