A Portrait of Lost Tibet
by Rosemary Jones Tung
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When the Chinese communists came to power in 1949, they moved to reestablish their "traditional" borders and in 1959 annexed Tibet. Most monasteries were closed, nomads were moved onto communes, the nobility were stripped of privileges, forests were cut, roads were paved, military airfields were constructed, and Tibet's communication with the outside world was cut off. A Portrait of Lost Tibet provides rare documentary photographs of traditional Tibetan life as it had been lived for show more countless generations before the radical disruption effected by the Chinese takeover. Rosemary Jones Tung's text describes the culture Ilya Tolstoy and Brooke Dolan found during their ten-month trek across Tibet in 1942. Tung has selected 131 photographs from the two thousand taken during their expedition. show lessTags
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This book contains some of the only photographs ever taken in Tibet before China took over. Tibet was always an isolated country, so very little of their history was recorded or observed by the Western world. Tung provides a very valuable and beautiful resource.
Not a great copy but okay. Dedicated to Tibetan people, inside and outside. Mentions that Frank Lloyd Wright’s student believes that the great architect was strongly influenced by the Potala. A large image hung on his wall, the only building he did not build.
Lovely photos of a (almost) lost world. A lot of information, a look inside a hidden society, a very readable book.
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- Nonfiction, History, Travel, Religion & Spirituality, General Nonfiction, Art & Design
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- 951.5 — History & geography History of Asia East Asia: China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Korea Tibet
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- DS786 .T86 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania Asia History of Asia China Local history and description Tibet
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