- Paperback: 112 pages
- Publisher: Serindia Publications (1 Mar 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0906026539
- ISBN-13: 978-0906026533
- Product Dimensions: 29.8 x 22.9 x 1.3 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,837,285 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Architectural paintings in watercolour from the Himalayan kingdom of Mustang in northern Nepal - the subject of a major travelling exhibition - are presented here in all their beauty and originality. The artist's work on Mustang began in 1992 and continuted over six years. This close association has allowed him to present the essence and heart of Mustang's architecture and man-made structures. Within this forbidding country, dry, dramatic and overwhelming in scale, humans have been able to create islands of habitation through the careful control of water. The structures built to maintain these islands, and to thrive, are the subjects of the paintings. Virtually every built object in Mustang bears the signs of ritual activity: from pre-historic hand-dug cave systems to ruined hilltop castles, from densely clustered villages to isolated temples, from propitiatory stacks of yak horns to the sophisticated cosmology of the "chortens". This book presents in colour 43 paintings by Robert Powell.
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A marvellous view of an ancient culture, 30 Jun 1999
By Ian Alsop (ian.alsop@webart.com) - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Earth Door, Sky Door: Paintings of Mustang (Paperback)
Bob Powell's paintings are extraordinary and luminous, conveying both the ethereal nature and the earthiness of this ancient realm. The introduction by Roberto Vitali is a wonderful tour de force. He sums up the artist's work: " In some cases I am led to think that his documentary paintings are imaginary, while those that are imaginary seem documentary."
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Rob's works are truly art ... his book ... an appetizer, 18 Jun 1999
By tillyama@wlink.com.np - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Earth Door, Sky Door: Paintings of Mustang (Paperback)
The magic and mystery of the Kingdom Lo, high in the Himalayan Mountains of Nepal on the border with Tibet ... this is as close as you can get without being there. More than a coffee table book, this book won't let you rest until you have stood and gazed upon the majesty which provoked the works. Rob's works are on display at the Smithsonian through September 26.
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