Tibetan Book of Proportions
Book Details
Author(s)
Palatino Press
ISBN / ASIN
1497494664
ISBN-13
9781497494664
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Description
A complete Tibetan manuscript in 24 full page color plates
The Tibetan Book of Proportions is an eighteenth century manual that gives precise iconometric guidelines for depicting the Buddha and Bodhisattva figures. A standardized grid with numerical notations is used for both marking the measurements of the figures and for arranging the posture of the figures within a composition. Written in Newari script with Tibetan numerals, the book is likely to have been produced in Nepal for use in Tibet. It is presently held by the Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles.
