The Bar rdzong cave sanctuary in the western Tibetan Kha rtse valley – stylistic analysis, dating and interpretation
Date: 24.04.2025, 18:00 Uhr
Speaker: Bernadette Broeskamp
Museum in Dahlem / Kleiner Vortragssaal in der Takustraße 40
Following her interesting lecture at the New Year’s reception, Bernadette Broeskamp will this time introduce us to the western Tibetan cave sanctuary Bar rdzong. Various aspects of the wall paintings and inscriptions in the Bar rdzong cave sanctuary have been described by scholars in recent years, without focusing on a precise dating and interpretation of the site. The key to dating the shrine to the reign of the Western Tibetan king Grags pa lde (1230-1277) and to interpreting the shrine as a focal point of state importance lies in the analysis of the iconographic programme and the combination of various stylistic devices.
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