Carmen Meinert is editor of the German-Mongolian and English-Russian volumes of Buddha in the Yurt. Buddhist Art from Mongolia, is specialised in Buddhist, Chinese and Tibetan Studies. Most recently, she was the interim professor for East Asian Religions in Past and Present at the Ruhr University in Bochum, Germany. Currently, she is a visiting research fellow at the Käte Hamburger Kolleg Dynamics in the History of Religions between Asia and Europe (Ruhr University, Bochum).
"What Mongolian Buddhism was in the past, is today, and will be in
the future is an ongoing discussion. . . . And in looking through
this sumptuously illustrated two-volume collection, one has to
concede that there is something different--aesthetically,
stylistically, structurally--about the Mongolian works. . . . By
providing detailed art historical summations, the editors have made
available to everyone a large and beautiful corpus of material that
makes us all able to think further about the nature of Mongolian
Buddhism."
-- "Religious Studies Review" (6/18/2013 12:00:00 AM)
"While there have been several major exhibitions built around
artifacts from the Mongolian empire, none have focused on Tibetan
Buddhism among the Mongols. Buddha in the Yurt begins to bridge
that gap, presenting the largest collection of painted scrolls and
sculptures to ever appear in print. Remarkable for both its
quantity and quality, Buddha in the Yurt is a visual feast for
anyone who appreciates the subtleties of Tantric Buddhist visual
arts."-- "Cerise Press" (7/15/2013 12:00:00 AM)
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