The Celestial Galleries - by Romio Shrestha (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

Available for the first time in a single volume, this one-of-a-kind keepsake from master painter Romio Shrestha collects every piece of stunning artwork from his internationally best-selling books Celestial Gallery, and Goddesses of the Celestial Gallery, alongside never-before published paintings, insightful commentary from Ian A. Baker, and a foreward from Deepak Chopra.

Boldly reinterpreting the age-old Tibetan and Nepalese art form known as Thangka, this stunning book offers beautifully detailed representations of mandalas from the artist's internationally best-selling books Celestial Gallery, Buddhas of the Celestial Gallery, and Goddesses of the Celestial Gallery, as well as newly published paintings. Simply gazing upon the mandalas is meant to inspire in the viewer a heightened state of intention and clarity. Master painter Romio Shrestha and his team of artisan monks have created postmodern versions of these enlightened Buddha realms from hand-ground malachite, lapis, marigolds, and other rare substances. Painted at times with a mere three hairs from the tail of a cat, these multifaceted scenes of otherworldly deities are rich with hauntingly powerful detail. Depictions of White Tara, Green Tara, the Medicine Buddha, and many other celestial beings invite and inspire meditation and reflection. Shrestha's captivating artwork is accompanied by a foreword from Deepak Chopra and illuminating commentary from cultural historian Ian A. Baker.

AMAZING ART: Features striking artwork from master painter Romio Shrestha and his team of artisan monks, who offer postmodern interpretations of an age-old Tibetan artistic tradition rendered in hauntingly powerful detail.

WORLD-RENOWNED ARTIST: Romio Shrestha's thangkas can be found in many of the great collections of the world, including the British Museum, the Victoria Albert Museum, the Buchheim Museum, the American Museum of Natural History, the Tibet House in New York City, and the Newark Museum in New Jersey. He directs a school of artist-craftsmen in the Kathmandu Valley of Tibet.

HIGH-QUALITY DESIGN: With a cloth cover, premium paper and binding, and a large 9.6" x 14" format, The Celestial Galleries is a high-quality collector's item to cherish for decades to come.

FOREWORD BY DEEPAK CHOPRA: Includes a foreword by international bestselling author Deepak Chopra, a world-renowned leader in spirituality.

About the Author

Romio Shrestha is a modern master of the Indo-Nepali-Tibetan Buddhist traditions of enlightenment art, and his thangkas can be found in many of the great collections of the world, including the British Museum, the Victoria Albert Museum, the Buchheim Museum, the American Museum of Natural History, the Tibet House in New York City, and the Newark Museum in New Jersey. He directs a school of artist-craftsmen in the Kathmandu Valley of Tibet.

Ian A. Baker is a cultural historian and the author of seven books on Tibetan Buddhism and Himalayan art and culture. He was joint curator of the 2016 exhibition "Tibet's Secret Temple: Body, Mind and Meditation in Tantric Buddhism at the Wellcome Collection, London. He leads travel seminars in Tibet and Bhutan and was named by the National Geographic Society as one of the seven "Explorers for the Millennium" for his groundbreaking field research in Tibet's Tsangpo Gorges.

Deepak Chopra, MD, founder of the Chopra Foundation and Chopra Global, is a world-renowned pioneer in integrative medicine and personal transformation. Dr. Chopra is a clinical professor of family medicine and public health at the University of California, San Diego, and serves as a senior scientist with Gallup Organization. He is the author of more than ninety books translated into forty-three languages, including numerous New York Times bestsellers. Time magazine has described Dr. Chopra as "one of the top 100 heroes and icons of the century."