Himalayan Art Resources

Bibliography: Specific Subjects

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- Nepalese Art (below)
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Bhutanese Art:

Buddhism, Culture and Society in Bhutan. Vajra Publications.

The Dragon's Gift. Honolulu Academy of Arts, Terese Tse Bartholomew and John Johnston (Editor).

The Early History of A Himalayan Kingdom. Micheal Aris. Aris & Philips Ltd., Warminster - England, 1979.

Francoise Pommaret. Photographs by Franciose Pommaret & Yoshiro Imaeda. Translated by Elisabeth B. Booz. Passport Books, (reprint 1998).

From the Land of the Thunder Dragon. Textile Arts of Bhutan. By Diana K. Myers (Author, Editor), Susan S. Bean (Author, Editor), Michael Aris (Author), Françoise Pommaret (Author).

L'Art De L'Himalaya. La Peinture Murale et la Sculpture. Ladakh. Lahaul et Spiti, Siwalik, Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan. By Manjeet Singh. Weber.
Nepalese Art:

The Art of Nepal. Pratapaditya Pal. Los Angeles County Museum of Art in association with University of California Press, Berkeley, Los Angeles and London, 1985.

The Arts of Nepal (2 volumes). Pratapaditya Pal. Leiden/Koln, E.J.Brill, 1978.

Kasthakala, the Art of Nepalese Woodcarving. Heinrich Meyer.

Kathmandu Valley Painting. The Jucker Collection. Hugo E. Keijker. Shambhala, 1999.

Nepal Mandala: A Cultural Study of the Kathmandu Valley (2 volumes). Mary Shepherd Slusser. Mandala Book Point, 1998.

Nepal: an overview. South Asia Bibliographies. University of California Library: Berkeley.

Jeff Watt 8-2018 [updated 10-2022]