Celestial Gallery (Hardcover)

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Product Description

Boldly reinterpreting an age-old Tibetan artistic tradition, this enormous album offers gorgeously detailed representations of celestial spheres, known as mandalas. Merely gazing upon them is meant to inspire heightened states of intention and clarity. In CELESTIAL GALLERY, master painter Romio Shrestha and his team of artisan monks have rendered postmodern interpretations of these enlightened Buddha realms. Made from hand-ground malachite, lapis, marigolds, and more, and painted at times with three cat-tail hairs, these multifaceted scenes of otherworldly deities are produced with hauntingly powerful detail. Depictions of White Tara, Green Tara, the Medicine Buddha, and many other celestials invite and inspire meditation and reflection.

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*A two-foot-tall collection of Tibetan mandala scroll paintings reproduced from works found in museums, galleries, and private collections worldwide. *Features 39 beautifully rendered full-color illustrations.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 64 pages
• Publisher: Mandala Publishing; First Thus edition (January 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1932771212
• ISBN-13: 978-1932771725
• Product Dimensions: 24.5 x 16.7 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #70,332 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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28 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars full color mandala paintings; sacred energy for your home, November 30, 2000

By	"monadi" (Brooklyn, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Celestial Gallery (Callaway) (Hardcover)

A large format (approx. 18 inches by 24 inches) book filled with the most beautifully painted mandala paintings of White Tara, Green Tara, Medicine Buddha, Healing Buddha, and many other powerful Tibetan Buddhist images, the impact of this book is simply overwhelming in its rich color and detail. The meaning and significance of each sacred figure is described with care, and any one of these full-page brilliantly reproduced color paintings would be perfect to frame and hang in your home or office (if you can possibly bear to cut this book up!).

Celestial Gallery is really the most beautiful book I have ever seen. Congratulations to Calloway Books for producing this ambitious book. Energy radiates from every powerful page.

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My Personal Favorite Priceless Book!, April 26, 2002

By	Charles Wildbank (Westhampton Beach, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Celestial Gallery (Callaway) (Hardcover)

Someone suggested I purchase this book, so I ordered it through Amazon.com but had never anticipated its magnificence! For one thing, it is HUGE and a work of art! I have had this for a year now and I still treasure it. One afternoon, I had a Buddhist monk as guest and remembered to show this intricately jeweled book to him. We had a wonderful hour together going over the illumined detail on these pages of mandalas. Who is this wonderful artist Romio Shrestha, we thought? The text especially written by Deepak Chopra for this large book throughoutits chapters in large print make for a nice tapestry of inspired thought-sharing and insight into the Wheel of Life and Man's dual nature. This is a real museum piece and well worth the price tag!

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Spectacular!, February 26, 2001

By	Brian Cole (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Celestial Gallery (Callaway) (Hardcover)

Spectacular! A masterpiece of contemporary Buddhist Tantric Art. The detail of these images are incredible, I have seen nothing-comparable even among the traditional Tibetan paintings. Kudos to the artists and authors for a visual feast! I would trade all my coveted Buddhist paintings (Thankas) for just one contained in this volume.