Bibliograph

Land of pure vision, the sacred geography of Tibet and the Himalaya, David Zurick ; foreword by Éric Valli ; design by Richard Farkas ; map by Holly Troyer

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Land of pure vision, the sacred geography of Tibet and the Himalaya, David Zurick ; foreword by Éric Valli ; design by Richard Farkas ; map by Holly Troyer

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-120)

resource.governmentPublication

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Land of pure vision

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Oclc number

883571133

Responsibility statement

David Zurick ; foreword by Éric Valli ; design by Richard Farkas ; map by Holly Troyer

Sub title

the sacred geography of Tibet and the Himalaya

Summary

The landscapes of Tibet, Nepal, and Bhutan are filled with holy places. Some are of natural origin -- summits, rivers and lakes, caves, or forest sanctuaries. Others are consecrated by religious practice -- shrines, temples, monasteries, or burial grounds. The holy sites of the Himalaya unite faith and geography to produce some of the most sublime places on Earth. In Land of Pure Vision, David Zurick draws from his thirty-five years of experience as a geographer, photographer, and explorer of the Himalaya, combining scholarship and art to capture divine landscapes undergoing profound ..

Table Of Contents

Gallery one: nature -- Gallery two: place -- Gallery three: networks -- Gallery four: change

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