An Illustrated History of the Maṇḍala: From Its Genesis to the Kālacakratantra by Kimiaki Tanaka (review)

Abstract

ber 2022 Tsewang Tashi’s A History of Art in Twentieth Century Tibet (2018), based on his doc toral dis ser ta tion, Mod­ ernism in Tibetan Art: The Creative Journey of Four Artists (2014). Tashi’s doc toral dis ser ta tion is under embargo and thus not avail able for ref er ence, and the mono graph is published only in Chi nese. Nonethe­ less, his 2018 book is very help ful in cre at ing a sphere of mod ern art and art ists extending beyond Gendun Chopel. It is hoped that Gendun Chopel: Tibet’s First Modern Artist rep re sents just the first of many more stud ies that con trib ute to larger dis cus sions about Tibetan mod ern art and global mod ern isms, not only about Gendun Chopel, but also other mid­twen ti eth­ cen tury art ists who were essen tial in crafting inno va­ tive styles and forg ing new sub ject mat ter.