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The Tower of Trongsa houses a museum that relates the history of Bhutan's political power as well as the religion practised in this, the last Himalayan Buddhist kingdom. Functioning as a watchtower, the Tower of Trongsa safeguarded Trongsa Dzong during centuries of political unrest and war. Since the 17th century this fortress castle has been both the centre of political power and a place of Buddhist worship. From here the roots of Bhutan's monarchy, established in 1907, originated when the more or less independent local principalities were unified into one strong state. As is so often the case in the Buddhist Himalayas, such an undertaking, accomplished by political and military power, was only possible with the aid of mighty tutelary deities. In addition, the book explains the daily rituals and illustrates the deities of the Buddhist pantheon. Four years of cooperation with the religious dignitaries of Trongsa Dzong have produced previously unknown insights into the history of power in Bhutan as well as its religion. This knowledge is passed on to the reader. --

Taa Dzong (Trongsa, Bhutan) --- Buddhist art --- Art, Bhutanese --- Religion and politics --- Political science --- Politics, Practical --- Politics and religion --- Religion --- Religions --- Art, Bhutan --- Bhutan art --- Bhutanese art --- Art, Buddhist --- Art, Lamaist --- Art --- Buddhism and art --- Blta Rdzong (Trongsa, Bhutan) --- Tower of Trongsa (Trongsa, Bhutan) --- Towers --- Religious aspects --- Political aspects --- Taa Dzong Museum (Trongsa, Bhutan) --- Bhutan --- Bhoutan --- Bhotan --- Boutan --- Bootan --- ʼBrug-yul --- Druk-yul --- Phūthān --- Kingdom of Bhutan --- ʼBrug Rgyal-khab --- Dru Gäkhap --- Bhoetan --- بوتان --- Būtān --- Reino de Bután --- Botan --- Vutã --- Tetã Vutã --- Butan Krallığı --- Бутан --- Бутан Короллеге --- Butan Korollege --- Каралеўства Бутан --- Karaleŭstva Butan --- Кралство Бутан --- Kralstvo Butan --- Kraljevina Butan --- Бутан патшалăхĕ --- Butan patshalăkhĕ --- Bhútánské království --- Teyrnas Bhutan --- Kongedømmet Bhutan --- Königreich Bhutan --- Iiʼniʼ Tłʼiishtsoh Bikéyah --- Bhutani Kuningriik --- Μπουτάν --- Βασίλειο του Μπουτάν --- Vasileio tou Boutan --- Butano --- Bhutano --- Reĝlando Butano --- Bhutango Erresuma --- Kongaríkið Bhutan --- Kongsríkið Butan --- Royaume du Bhoutan --- An Bhútain --- Bhútain --- Ríocht na Bútáine --- Rìoghachd Bhutàin --- Бутанмудин Нутг --- Butanmudin Nutg --- 부탄 --- Put'an --- Butana --- Civilization

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This book examines in depth the painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571–1610) and the sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598–1680). Other painters and sculptors gathered around these two geniuses in Rome in the first decades of the 17th century. Together they formulated a new artistic language which later came to be known as Roman Baroque. In a very short period of time, Rome became an international cultural hotspot, the breeding ground of new ideas and initiatives. Artists from all over Europe came to the Eternal City to study the many remnants of Roman Antiquity and to seek the increasing patronage of the popes, cardinals, and the local nobility. More than ever before, painters and sculptors shared ambitions, personal friendships, and worked together, often on large papal projects. Caravaggio, Bernini, and their fellow artists embody this artistic fraternization. Together, their works tell the story of the birth of this new movement in art, and the radical artistic innovation which would prove to have far-reaching influence in Europe.