Heritage of Tibet, by W. Zwalf

In his concise introduction to the colorful and complex heritage of Tibet, W. Zwalf draws on the splendid paintings, bronzes, costumes and jewellery in the British Museum, as well as on rare photographs taken before 1950. After a brief account of this little knownland and his history, he describes the unique form of Buddhism which has developed behind high mountain barriers and shows how rich and sophisticated was the art which served it. Since 1951 the rapid secularisation of Tibet has radically changed its culture, but in the collection of the great Museums of the world its past glories at least will be preserved for the time ...