Encyclopedia of Tibetan Symbols and Motifs

For artists designers and all with an interest in Buddhist and Tibetan art this is the first exhaustive reference to the seemingly infinite variety of symbols found throughout Tibetan art in line drawings paintings and ritual objects. Hundreds of the author's line drawings depict all the major Tibetan symbols and motifs--landscapes deities animals plants gurus mudras (ritual hand gestures) dragons and other mythic creatures--ranging from complex mythological scenes to small simple ornaments.