The Gilded Buddha: The traditional art of the Newar metal casters in Nepal, by Alex R Furger, with a contribution by Ratna Jyoti Shakya
For a reader or scholar interested in Nepal's traditional metal craft, this field of study is still rarely investigated, bar a few exceptions. Alex R. Furger’s seminal work The Gilded Buddha provides a comprehensive study of all aspects of traditional metal crafts in the Newar community. Furge...
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| Formatua: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Hizkuntza: | Anglais |
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European Bulletin of Himalayan Research
2022
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| Sarrera elektronikoa: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Gaia: | For a reader or scholar interested in Nepal's traditional metal craft, this field of study is still rarely investigated, bar a few exceptions. Alex R. Furger’s seminal work The Gilded Buddha provides a comprehensive study of all aspects of traditional metal crafts in the Newar community. Furger, a well-established archæologist, was head of the Roman archæological site Augusta Raurica. In this book, he meticulously examines each and every step of metal craft production, starting from the lost... |
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