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Mystic vision, sacred art / by Anne Kaufman and Raju Gurung ; narrated by Sareena Rai and Christopher Davis.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Ethnographic video online.
- Subjects (All):
- Tankas (Tibetan scrolls).
- Buddhist art--Nepal--Kathmandu Valley.
- Buddhist art.
- Painting--Nepal--Kathmandu Valley.
- Painting.
- Kathmandu Valley (Nepal)--Religious life and customs.
- Kathmandu Valley (Nepal).
- Nepal--Kathmandu Valley.
- Genre:
- Ethnographic films.
- Documentary films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (28 min.) : sound, color
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Watertown (Mass.) : Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1996.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- Summary:
- This documentary provides an excellent introduction to the art of thangka, sacred Tibetan Buddhist painting in the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal. Carefully filmed, it takes you through every step of the painting process of thangkas.
- Notes:
- Previously released on DVD.
- Title from title frames (Ethnographic video online, viewed May 17, 2012).
- Filmed in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal.
- Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2010. (Ethnographic video online). Available via World Wide Web.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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