Masques de l'Himalaya / sous la direction de Fraņcois Pannier = Masks of the Himalayas / edited by Fraņcois Pannier.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pannier, François.

Dr. Craig Baxter Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Masks--Nepal--Catalogs.

Masks.

Masks--Himalaya Mountains Region--Exhibitions.

Rites and ceremonies--Himalaya Mountains Region--Exhibitions.

Rites and ceremonies.

Masks--Social aspects--Himalaya Mountains Region--Exhibitions.

Masks--Social aspects.

Himalaya Mountains Region.

Nepal.

Genre:

Catalogs.

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

207 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Other Title:

Masks of the Himalayas

Place of Publication:

Valais : Fondation Bernard et Caroline de Watteville ; Milan : 5 Continents ; New York : Distributed in the United States and Canada by Harry N. Abrams, [2009]

Language Note:

Text in French and English.

Summary:

This is the first book dedicated exclusively to the subject of the Himalayan mask. Mysterious, sacred, and unusual, the masks of the Himalayas only recently arrived in the West. Unlike African or Oceanic masks, whose discovery by early twentieth-century artists altered the conception of art by their influence on Cubism, Himalayan masks only became accessible to collectors following the opening up of Nepal in the 1960s. Spanning all religious influences in the Himalayan region--Hindu and Buddhist, animist and shamanic--and covering the entire area from Ladakh to Indian Kashmir, Nepal, Bhutan, Arunachal Pradesh and Tibet, this is the first book dedicated exclusively to this subject.An unprecedented overview, the book unites more than 200 extraordinary pieces. Published in conjunction with a major exhibition at the Fondation Bernard et Caroline de Watteville in Martigny, Switzerland, "Masks of the Himalayas" highlights pieces of rare quality and sheds new light on this enchanting art.

Notes:

Published in conjunction with an exhibition organized by the Bernard and Caroline de Watteville Foundation of Martigny, Switzerland, and held from May 2009-Dec. 2010.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-203).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Dr. Craig Baxter Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9788874395194

8874395191

OCLC:

317927181

Publisher Number:

99935155327