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Authored Books

Luczanits, Christian and Viehbeck, Markus (2022) Two Illuminated Text Collections of Namgyal Monastery. A Study of Early Buddhist Art and Literature in Mustang. Kathmandu, Nepal: Vajra Books. (Vajra Academic, Vol. 1)

Luczanits, Christian (2004) Buddhist Sculpture in Clay: Early Western Himalayan Art, late 10th to early 13th centuries. Chicago: Serindia.

Edited Book or Journal Volume

Luczanits, Christian and Tythacott, Louise, eds. (2024) Tibetan Buddhist Monastery Collections and Museums. Kathmandu: Vajra Academic. (Vajra Academic Series vol. 6)

Luczanits, Christian, ed. (2023) Alchi, Ladakh’s Hidden Buddhist Sanctuary. Chicago: Serindia.

Harrison, John, Luczanits, Christian, Ramble, Charles and Drandul, Nyima, eds. (2018) A Blessing for the Land: The Architecture Art and History of a Buddhist Convent in Mustang Nepal. Kathmandu: Vajra Books.

Lo Bue, Erberto F. and Luczanits, Christian, eds. (2010) Tibetan Art and Architecture in Context. PIATS 2006: Tibetan Studies: Proceedings of the Eleventh Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Königswinter 2006. Halle (Saale): International Institute for Tibetan Studies. (Beiträge zur Zentralasienforschung, 20)

Petech, Luciano and Luczanits, Christian, eds. (1999) Inscriptions from the Tabo Main Temple. Texts and Translations. Rome: IsIAO.

Book Chapters

Luczanits, Christian and Tythacott, Louise (2024) 'Introduction.' In: Luczanits, Christian and Tythacott, Louise, (eds.), Tibetan Buddhist Monastery Collections and Museums: Traditional Practices and Contemporary Issues. Kathmandu: Vajra Academic, pp. 13-25. (Vajra Academic Series vol. 6)

Luczanits, Christian and Tythacott, Louise (2024) 'Monastery and Museum in Ladakh and Mustang.' In: Luczanits, Christian and Tythacott, Louise, (eds.), Tibetan Buddhist Monastery Collections and Museums: Traditional Practices and Contemporary Issues. Kathmandu: Vajra Academic, pp. 27-87. (Vajra Academic Series vol. 6)

Luczanits, Christian (2023) 'Mandalas Intertwined: Why Minor Goddesses in the Tabo Main Temple Matter.' In: Eltschinger, Vincent, Kramer, Jowita, Patil, Parimal and Yoshimizu, Chizuko, (eds.), Burlesque of the Philosophers. Indian and Buddhist Studies in Memory of Helmut Krasser. Bochum, Freiburg: Projektverlag, pp. 363-393. (Hamburg Buddhist Studies, Vol. 19)

Luczanits, Christian (2023) 'Alchi at the Threshold of a New Era in Tibetan Buddhist Art. Monumental Manjushri with Mahasiddha-Adorned Robe, Alchi Sumtsek, Ladakh, India, ca. 1220.' In: Debreczeny, Karl and Pakhoutova, Elena, (eds.), Himalayan Art in 108 Objects. New York: Scala, p. 35.

Luczanits, Christian (2023) 'Commemorative Monument for a Charismatic Teacher. The Chorten Cave of Luri, present-day Mustang District, Nepal, ca. 1300.' In: Debreczeny, Karl and Pakhoutova, Elena, (eds.), Himalayan Art in 108 Objects. New York: Scala, p. 44.

Luczanits, Christian (2023) 'The Distinct Artistic Tradition of Kashmir and Its Impact in Tibet. Buddha on the Cosmic Mountain, Kashmir, India, ca. 720.' In: Himalayan Art in 108 Objects. New York: Scala, p. 10.

Jackson, David and Luczanits, Christian (2023) 'An Example of Court Patronage to Honor a Religious Master. Mandala of Manjuvajra of the Vajravali Set Commissioned in Memory of Lama Dampa Central Tibet, 1375–1380.' In: Debreczeny, Karl and Pakhoutova, Elena, (eds.), Himalayan Art in 108 Objects. New York: Scala, p. 50.

Luczanits, Christian (2023) 'The Iconographic Program of a Mid-eleventh Century Monument. Goddess Dharmameghabhumi in the Tabo Main Temple, Tabo Monastery, Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, India, ca. 1040.' In: Debreczeny, Karl and Pakhoutova, Elena, (eds.), Himalayan Art in 108 Objects. New York: Scala, p. 21.

Luczanits, Christian (2023) 'Intriguing Relations between India, China, and Tibet. Crowned Buddha, Nalanda Monastery, northeastern India, 10th century.' In: Debreczeny, Karl and Pakhoutova, Elena, (eds.), Himalayan Art in 108 Objects. New York: Scala, p. 16.

Luczanits, Christian (2023) 'Papier-Mâché Sculpture and the Nyingma School at the Periphery. Portrait of Ngadak Puntsok Rigdzin Lo Gekhar, Mustang, Nepal, mid-17th century.' In: Debreczeny, Karl and Pakhoutova, Elena, (eds.), Himalayan Art in 108 Objects. New York: Scala, p. 70.

Kramer, Jowita and Luczanits, Christian (2023) 'A Royal Teacher and an Artist. Portrait of Lowo Khenchen Sonam Lhundrub, Mustang, Nepal, first half of the 16th century.' In: Debreczeny, Karl and Pakhoutova, Elena, (eds.), Himalayan Art in 108 Objects. New York: Scala, p. 63.

Allinger, Eva and Luczanits, Christian (2021) 'A Vajradhātu Mandala in a Prajñāpāramitā Manuscript of Tabo Monastery.' In: Jahoda, Christian and Kalantari, Christiane, (eds.), Early West Tibetan Buddhist Monuments: Architecture, Art,History and Texts. Vienna: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press. (Veröffentlichungen zur Sozialanthropologie: vol.29 ; Denkschriften der philosophisch-historischen Klasse: vol.534)

Luczanits, Christian (2021) 'What is a mandala?' In: Harris, Elizabeth J., (ed.), Buddhism in Five Minutes. Sheffield: Equinox, pp. 254-258. (Religion in 5 Minutes)

Luczanits, Christian (2021) 'Why do Buddhists make art?' In: Harris, Elizabeth J., (ed.), Buddhism in Five Minutes. Sheffield: Equinox, pp. 248-253. (Religion in 5 Minutes)

Luczanits, Christian (2021) 'A Case of Old Menri (sman ris rnying pa) in Mustang?' In: Caumanns, Volker, Heimbel, Jörg, Kano, Kazuo and Schiller, Alexander, (eds.), Gateways to Tibetan Studies: A Collection of Essays in Honour of David P. Jackson on the Occasion of his 70th Birthday. Hamburg: Department of Indian and Tibetan Studies, Universität Hamburg, pp. 643-657. (Indian and Tibetan Studies; 12.1-2)

Luczanits, Christian (2019) 'A Crucial Link in Fifteenth-Century Tibetan Art.' In: Clemente, Michela, Nalesini, Oscar and Venturi, Federica, (eds.), Perspectives on Tibetan Culture: A Small Garland of Forget-me-nots Offered to Elena De Rossi Filibeck. Kathmandu: Vajra Books, pp. 203-226.

Luczanits, Christian (2018) 'Unveiling a Unique Ningma Pantheon: the Art of Gönpa Gang.' In: Harrison, John, Luczanits, Christian, Ramble, Charles and Drandul, Nyima, (eds.), A Blessing for the Land: The Architecture Art and History of a Buddhist Convent in Mustang Nepal. Kathmandu: Vajra Books, pp. 54-99.

Skedzuhn, Alexandra, Oeter, Martina, Bläuer, Christine and Luczanits, Christian (2018) 'The secrets of 14th century wall painting in the Western Himalayas: Structural damage sheds light onto the painting technique in the Tsuglag-khang in Kanji in Ladakh.' In: Feiglstorfer, Hubert, (ed.), Earth Construction and Tradition, Vol. 2. Vienna: IVA–ICRA Institute for Comparative Research in Architecture, pp. 205-222.

Luczanits, Christian (2016) 'The Nako Monuments in Context.' In: Krist, Gabriela, (ed.), Nako: Research and Conservation in the Western Himalayas. Wien; Köln; Weimar: Böhlau, pp. 19-45.

Luczanits, Christian (2016) 'Prajnaparamita, Alchi and Kashmir - On the Cultural Background of a Unique Bronze.' In: Luo, Wenhua, (ed.), An Exceptional and Magnificent Bronze Alloy Figure of Prajnaparamita. Beijing: Poly Auction.

Luczanits, Christian (2016) 'Inspired by the Past: the Art of Chöying Dorjé and Western Himalayan Sculpture.' In: Debreczeny, Karl and Tuttle, Gray, (eds.), The Tenth Karmapa and Tibet's Turbulent Seventeenth Century. Chicago, IL: Serindia, pp. 107-151.

Luczanits, Christian (2016) 'Puja and Piety in Buddhism.' In: Pal, Pratapaditya, (ed.), Puja and Piety: Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist Art from the Indian Subcontinent. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Art and University of California Press, pp. 116-137.

Luczanits, Christian (2015) 'Mirror of the Buddha: An Early Tibetan Portrait.' In: Bergmann, Annegret, Hertel, Shao-Lan, Noth, Juliane, Papist-Matsuo, Antje and Schrape, Wibke, (eds.), Elegante Zusammenkunft im Gelehrtengarten. Studien zur Ostasiatischen Kunst zu Ehren von Jeong-hee Lee-Kalisch / Elegant Gathering in a Scholar’s Garden: Studies in East Asian Art in Honor of Jeong-hee Lee-Kalisch. Waimar: VDG, pp. 56-62.

Luczanits, Christian (2014) 'From Kashmir to Western Tibet: The Many Faces of a Regional Style.' In: Linrothe, Robert N., (ed.), Collecting Paradise. Buddhist Art of Kashmir and Its Legacies. New York and Evanston: Rubin Museum of Art and Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, pp. 108-149.

Luczanits, Christian (2014) 'Beneficial to See: Early Drigung Painting.' In: Jackson, David Paul, (ed.), Painting Traditions of the Drigung Kagyu School. New York: Rubin Museum of Art, pp. 214-259.

Luczanits, Christian (2014) 'The Many Faces of Buddha Vairocana.' In: van Alphen, Jan, (ed.), The All-Knowing Buddha: A Secret Guide. New York and Antwerp: Rubin Museum of Art and BAI, MAS Books, 12-23, 163–166.

Luczanits, Christian (2014) 'The diffusion of Gandharan and Indian models in South Asia.' In: Leriche, Pierre, (ed.), Art et civilisation de l’orient hellénisé : Rencontres et échanges culturels d’Alexandre aux Sassanides. Paris: Editions A et J Picard, pp. 245-250.

Luczanits, Christian (2013) 'The Buddha Beyond. Figuration in Gandharan Cult Imagery.' In: Ehrhard, Franz-Karl and Maurer, Petra, (eds.), Nepalica-Tibetica. Festgabe für Christoph Cüppers. Andiast: International Institute for Tibetan and Buddhist Studies, pp. 1-21.

Luczanits, Christian (2013) 'Conservation and research in Buddhist art from an art-historical perspective.' In: Park, David, Wangmo, Kuenga and Cather, Sharon, (eds.), Art of Merit: Studies in Buddhist Art and its Conservation. Proceedings of the Buddhist Art Forum 2012. London: Archetype, pp. 187-202.

Harrison, Paul and Luczanits, Christian (2012) 'New Light on (and from) the Muhammad Nari Stele.' In: 2011 nendo dai ikkai kokusai shinpojiumu puroshīdingusu: Jōdokyō ni kansuru tokubetsu kokusai shinpojiumu. Kyoto: Ryukoku University Research Center for Buddhist Cultures in Asia, 69-127, plates 197–207.

Luczanits, Christian (2011) 'Approaches to Historic Indian and Indo-Tibetan Sculpture.' In: Pandya Dhar, Parul, (ed.), Indian Art History: Changing Perspectives. New Delhi: DK Printworld and National Museum Institute, 153-167 + figs 11.1–11.4.

Luczanits, Christian (2011) 'The Bodhisattva and the Future Buddha Maitreya.' In: Proser, Adriana, (ed.), The Buddhist Heritage of Pakistan. Art of Gandhara. New York: Asia Society Museum, pp. 59-64.

Luczanits, Christian (2011) 'On the Iconography of Tibetan Scroll Paintings (thang ka) Dedicated to the Five Tathāgatas.' In: Lo Bue, Erberto F., (ed.), Art in Tibet. Issues in Traditional Tibetan Art from the Seventh to the Twentieth Century. Leiden: Brill, 37-51 + pls. 6.

Luczanits, Christian (2011) 'Siddhas, Hierarchs, and Lineages: Three Examples for Dating Tibetan Art.' In: Jackson, David Paul, (ed.), Mirror of the Buddha, Early Portraits from Tibet. New York: Rubin Museum of Art, 170-203, 214.

Luczanits, Christian and Neuwirth, Holger (2010) 'The Development of the Alchi Temple Complex. An Interdisciplinary Approach.' In: Krist, Gabriela and Bayerová, Tatjana, (eds.), Heritage Conservation and Research in India. 60 years of Indo-Austrian collaboration. Wien, Weimar: Böhlau, pp. 79-84.

Luczanits, Christian (2010) 'In Search of the Perfection of Wisdom. A short note on the third narrative depicted in the Tabo Main Temple.' In: Franco, Eli and Zin, Monika, (eds.), From Turfan to Ajanta: Festschrift for Dieter Schlingloff on the Occasion of his Eightieth Birthday. Lumbini, Nepal: Lumbini International Research Institute, pp. 567-578.

Luczanits, Christian (2010) 'Mandalas of Mandalas: The Iconography of a Stupa of Many Auspicious Doors for Phag mo gru pa.' In: Lo Bue, Erberto F. and Luczanits, Christian, (eds.), Tibetan Art and Architecture in Context. PIATS 2006: Tibetan Studies: Proceedings of the Eleventh Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Königswinter 2006. Halle (Saale): International Institute for Tibetan Studies, pp. 281-310.

Luczanits, Christian (2010) 'Prior to Birth. The Tuṣita episodes in Indian Buddhist literature and art.' In: Cüppers, Christoph, Deeg, Max and Durt, Hubert, (eds.), The Birth of the Buddha. Proceedings of the Seminar Held in Lumbini, Nepal, October 2004. Lumbini: Lumbini International Research Institute, pp. 41-91.

Luczanits, Christian (2009) 'Ritual, Instruction and Experiment: Esoteric Drawings from Dunhuang.' In: Pande, Anupa and Sharma, Mandira, (eds.), The Art of Central Asia and the Indian Subcontinent in Cross Culture Perspective. New Delhi: National Museum Institute-Aryan Books International, 140-149 & 11 figs..

Luczanits, Christian (2009) 'Styles in Western Himalayan Art.' In: Xie, Jisheng, Luo, Wenhua and Jing, Anning, (eds.), Han Zang Fo jiao mei shu yan jiu : 2007 sic di san jie Xizang kao gu yu yi shu guo ji xue shu tao lun hui lun wen ji - Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium of Tibetan Art and Archaeology, Oct. 2006, Beijing. Beijing: Guji, pp. 133-150.

Luczanits, Christian (2008) 'Art and Architecture.' In: Gandhara – The Buddhist Heritage of Pakistan. Legends, Monasteries and Paradise. Mainz – Bonn: Zabern – Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der BRD, pp. 314-317.

Luczanits, Christian (2008) 'The Bodhisattva and the Future Buddha Maitreya.' In: Gandhara – The Buddhist Heritage of Pakistan. Legends, Monasteries and Paradise. Mainz – Bonn: Zabern – Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der BRD, pp. 249-253.

Luczanits, Christian (2008) 'Early Buddhism and Gandhara.' In: Gandhara – The Buddhist Heritage of Pakistan. Legends, Monasteries and Paradise. Mainz – Bonn: Zabern – Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der BRD, pp. 72-77.

Luczanits, Christian (2008) 'Gandhara and Its Art.' In: Gandhara – The Buddhist Heritage of Pakistan. Legends, Monasteries and Paradise. Mainz – Bonn: Zabern – Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der BRD, pp. 16-26.

Luczanits, Christian (2008) 'On the Earliest Mandalas in a Buddhist Context.' In: Bryant, Darrol and Bryant, Susan, (eds.), Mahayana Buddhism. History and Culture. New Delhi: Tibet House, pp. 111-136.

Luczanits, Christian (2008) 'Stucco and Clay.' In: Gandhara – The Buddhist Heritage of Pakistan. Legends, Monasteries and Paradise. Mainz – Bonn: Zabern – Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der BRD, pp. 318-320.

Luczanits, Christian (2008) 'The depiction of Hindu and Pan-Indian Deities in the Lo tsa ba lHa khang at Nako.' In: Raven, Ellen M., (ed.), South Asian Archaeology 1999. Proceedings of the Fifteenth Conference of the European Association of South Asian Archaeologists, held at the Universiteit Leiden, 5–9 July 1999. Groningen: Egbert Forsten, pp. 493-506.

Luczanits, Christian (2007) 'Alchi Sumtseg Reconsidered.' In: Bray, John and Tsering Shakspo, Nawang, (eds.), Recent Research on Ladakh 2007. Leh, Ladakh: J and K Academy for Art, Culture & Languages – International Association for Ladakh Studies, pp. 61-72.

Luczanits, Christian (2007) 'Prior to Birth II. The Tuṣita episodes in early Tibetan Buddhist literature and art.' In: Kellner, Birgit, Krasser, Helmut, Lasic, Horst, Much, M.T. and Tauscher, Helmut, (eds.), Pramāṇakīrtiḥ. Papers dedicated to Ernst Steinkellner on the occasion of his 70th birthday. Wien: Arbeitskreis für Tibetische und Buddhistische Studien Universität Wien, pp. 497-543. (Wiener Studien zur Tibetologie und Buddhismuskunde ; Heft 70)

Luczanits, Christian (2006) 'Alchi and the Drigungpa School of Tibetan Buddhism: the Teacher Depiction in the Small Chörten at Alchi.' In: Lee-Kalisch, Jeong-hee, Papist-Matsuo, Antje and Veit, Willibald, (eds.), Mei shou wan nian - Long Life Without End. Festschrift in Honor of Roger Goepper. Frankfurt a. M.: Peter Lang, pp. 181-196.

Luczanits, Christian (2006) 'The Eight Great Siddhas in Early Tibetan Painting from c. 1200 to c. 1350.' In: Linrothe, Robert N., (ed.), Holy Madness. Portraits of Tantric Siddhas. New York: Rubin Museum of Art, pp. 76-91.

Luczanits, Christian (2006) 'A First Glance at Early Drigungpa Painting.' In: Xie, Jisheng, (ed.), Studies in Sino-Tibetan Buddhist Art. Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Tibetan Archaeology and Art, Beijing, September 3–6, 2004. Beijing: China Tibetology Publishing House, pp. 459-488.

Luczanits, Christian (2006) 'Mandala. Form, Funktion und Bedeutung.' In: Lee-Kalisch, Jeong-hee, (ed.), Tibet – Klöster öffnen ihre Schatzkammern. Essen: Kulturstiftung Ruhr Essen, Villa Hügel, pp. 71-79.

Luczanits, Christian (2005) 'The Early Buddhist Heritage of Ladakh Reconsidered.' In: Bray, John, (ed.), Ladakhi Histories. Local and Regional Perspectives. Leiden: Brill, pp. 65-96.

Luczanits, Christian (2005) 'Unendliche Vielfalt. Gestalt und Erscheinungsform im Buddhismus.' In: Köpke, Wulf and Schmelz, Bernd, (eds.), Die Welt des Tibetischen Buddhismus. Hamburg: Museum für Völkerkunde Hamburg, pp. 43-77. (Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Völkerkunde in Hamburg, 36.)

Luczanits, Christian (2003) 'Art-historical aspects of dating Tibetan art.' In: Kreide-Damani, Ingrid, (ed.), Dating Tibetan Art. Essays on the Possibilities and Impossibilities of Chronology from the Lempertz Symposium, Cologne. Wiesbaden: Ludwig Reichert Verlag, pp. 25-57.

Luczanits, Christian (2002) 'The Wanla Bkra shis gsum brtsegs.' In: Klimburg-Salter, Deborah E. and Allinger, Eva, (eds.), Buddhist Art and Tibetan Patronage Ninth to Fourteenth Centuries. Leiden: Brill, pp. 115-125. (Brill's Tibetan Studies Library, Volume: 2/7)

Luczanits, Christian (1999) 'Ein Blick nach Osten, zur rezenten Erforschung früher tibetischer Kunst.' In: Schütz, Karl, (ed.), 10. Österreichischer Kunsthistorikertag. Das Fach Kunstgeschichte und keine Grenzen? 30. September – 3. Oktober 1999, Universität Innsbruck. Wien: Österreichischer Kunsthistorikerverband, pp. 59-64.

Luczanits, Christian (1999) 'Minor Inscriptions and Captions in the Tabo gTsug lag khaṅ.' In: Petech, Luciano and Luczanits, Christian, (eds.), Inscriptions from the Tabo Main Temple. Texts and Translations. Rome: IsIAO, 95-187 + 9 plates.

Steinkellner, Ernst and Luczanits, Christian (1999) 'The Renovation Inscription of the Tabo Gtsug Lag Khaṅ. New Edition and Translation.' In: Petech, Luciano and Luczanits, Christian, (eds.), Inscriptions From the Tabo Main Temple. Texts and Translations. Rome: IsIAO, pp. 9-28. (Serie Orientale Roma)

Steinkellner, Ernst and Luczanits, Christian (1998) 'A New Translation of the Renovation Inscription in the Tabo Main Temple (gtsug-lag-khang).' In: Klimburg-Salter, Deborah E., (ed.), Tabo – a Lamp for the Kingdom. Early Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Art in the Western Himalaya. Milan – New York: Skira – Thames and Hudson, pp. 257-259.

Luczanits, Christian (1998) 'On an Unusual Painting Style in Ladakh.' In: Klimburg-Salter, Deborah E. and Allinger, Eva, (eds.), The Inner Asian International Style 12th-14th Centuries. Papers presented at a panel of the 7th seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Graz 1995. Wien: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, pp. 151-169.

Luczanits, Christian (1997) 'The Clay Sculptures.' In: Klimburg-Salter, Deborah E., (ed.), Tabo – a Lamp for the Kingdom. Early Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Art in the Western Himalaya. Milan – New York: Skira – Thames and Hudson, pp. 189-205.

Luczanits, Christian (1997) 'On the Construction of Clay Sculptures in Tabo (Ta pho) Spiti (c. 1042 A.D.).' In: Allchin, Frank Raymond and Allchin, Bridget, (eds.), South Asian Archaeology, 1995. Proceedings of the 13th International Conference of the European Association of South Asian Archaeologists Cambridge, 5–9 July 1995. New Delhi – Calcutta: Science Publishers and Oxford and IBH Publishing Co., pp. 691-701.

Journal Article

Luczanits, Christian (2020) 'Establishing an Iconography: The Case of Early Tibetan Representations of the Medicine Buddhas.' Journal of Tibetology = Zang xue xue kan = 藏学学刊, 22. pp. 119-148.

Luczanits, Christian (2020) 'From Tabo to Alchi: Revisiting Early Western Himalayan Art.' Orientations, 51 (5). pp. 36-47.

Verri, Giovanni, Luczanits, Christian, Borges, Victor, Barnard, Nick and Clarke, John (2020) 'Investigations of a Gandharan stucco head of the Buddha at the Victoria and Albert Museum (IM.3-1931).' Technè, 48. pp. 136-149.

Luczanits, Christian (2018) 'Revival and renaissance in Tibetan art: imagining Kashmir and Nepal in the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries.' European Bulletin of Himalayan Research, 52. pp. 93-131.

Luczanits, Christian (2016) 'Portable Heritage in the Himalayas. The Example of Namgyal Monastery, Mustang: Part 2, Books and Stupas.' Orientations, 47 (5). pp. 22-32.

Luczanits, Christian (2016) 'Portable Heritage in the Himalayas. The Example of Namgyal Monastery, Mustang: Part 1, Sculpture.' Orientations, 47 (2). pp. 120-130.

Luczanits, Christian and Namgyel, Dorji (2015) 'What Is Bhutanese about Paintings from Bhutan?' Marg. A Magazine of the Arts, 66 (4). pp. 82-99.

Luczanits, Christian (2014) 'Bringing a Masterwork Back to Life?' Orientations, 45 (2). pp. 184-186.

Luczanits, Christian (2014) 'The Cave of Great Adepts.' Orientations, 45 (5). pp. 50-61.

Luczanits, Christian (2011) 'Locating Great Perfection: the Murals of the Lhasa Lukhang.' Orientations, 42 (2). pp. 102-111.

Luczanits, Christian (2009) 'Indian and Himalayan Collections at the Walters.' Arts of Asia, 39 (1). pp. 72-81.

Luczanits, Christian (2008) 'Buddhism in a Cosmopolitan Environment: The Art of Gandhara.' Orientations, 39 (7). pp. 46-52.

Luczanits, Christian (2008) 'In the Blazing Light of Tibet.' Orientations, 39 (6). pp. 80-84.

Luczanits, Christian (2008) 'Buddhismus im multikulturellen Umfeld: Die Kunst Gandhāras.' Indo-asiatische Zeitschrift Mitteilungen der Gesellschaft für Indo-Asiatische Kunst, 12. pp. 5-18.

Luczanits, Christian (2005) 'The Bodhisattva with the Flask in Gandharan Narrative Scenes: In memoriam Maurizio Taddei.' East and West, 55 (1–4). pp. 163-188.

Luczanits, Christian (2005) 'Infinite Variety. Form and Appearance in Tibetan Buddhist Art. Part I.' Lotus Leaves, 7 (2). pp. 1-9.

Luczanits, Christian (2005) 'Infinite Variety. Form and Appearance in Tibetan Buddhist Art. Part II.' Lotus Leaves, 7 (1). pp. 7-14.

Linrothe, Robert N., Luczanits, Christian and Watt, Jeff (2004) 'Turning a Blind Eye.' Orientations, 35 (5). pp. 73-74.

Luczanits, Christian (2003) 'Early Tibetan Clay Sculpture.' Aziatische Kunst, 33 (2). pp. 2-15.

Luczanits, Christian (2003) 'The 12th Century Buddhist Monuments of Nako.' Orientations, 34 (5). pp. 46-53.

Luczanits, Christian (2001) 'Methodological Comments Regarding Recent Research on Tibetan Art.' Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde Südasiens, 45. pp. 125-145.

Luczanits, Christian (1999) 'The Life of the Buddha in the Sumtsek.' Orientations, 30 (1). pp. 30-39.

Luczanits, Christian (1996) 'Early Buddhist Wood Carvings from Himachal Pradesh.' Orientations, 27 (6). pp. 67-75.

Luczanits, Christian (1996) 'A Note on Tholing Monastery.' Orientations, 27 (6). pp. 76-77.

Luczanits, Christian (1994) 'Another Rin chen bzaṅ po Temple?' East and West, 44 (1). pp. 83-98.

Luczanits, Christian (1993) 'The Sources for Bu ston’s Introduction to the Acts of a Buddha.' Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde Südasiens, 37. pp. 93-108.

Book Reviews

Luczanits, Christian (2022) 'Review of: Kimiaki Tanaka. An Illustrated History of the Maṇḍala: From Its Genesis to the Kālacakratantra. Boston, MA: Wisdom, 2018.' Archives of Asian Art, 72 (2). pp. 284-290.

Luczanits, Christian (2015) 'Review: Henss, Michael. The Cultural Monuments of Tibet: The Central Regions. 2 vols. Munich, London, New York: Prestel, 2014.' Orientations, 46 (6). pp. 120-122.

Luczanits, Christian (2014) 'Review: Siudmak, John. The Hindu-Buddhist Sculpture of Ancient Kashmir and its Influences. Vol. 28, Handbook of Oriental Studies: Section 2, South Asia. Leiden, Boston: Brill, 2013.' Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 77 (3). pp. 600-601.

Luczanits, Christian (2013) 'Review Article: Erberto Lo Bue (ed.) 2010. Wonders of Lo: the artistic heritage of Mustang. Vol. 62 (2), Marg. Mumbai: Marg Foundation.' The Tibet Journal, 38 (3/4). pp. 161-167.

Luczanits, Christian (2011) 'Review: Bühnemann, Gudrun. The Iconography of Hindu Tantric Deities. Vol. I: The Pantheon of the Mantramahodadhi – Vol. II: The Pantheons of the Prapañcasāra and the Śāradātilaka. Gonda Indolocical Studies IX. Groningen: Egbert Forsten, 2000/2001.' Orientalische Literaturzeitung, 106 (4/5). pp. 338-341.

Luczanits, Christian (2009) 'Review: Discoveries in Western Tibet and the Western Himalayas: Essays on History, Literature, Archaeology and Art. Piats 2003: Tibetan Studies: Proceedings of the Tenth Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Oxford, 2003. Brill’s Tibetan Studies Library, vol. 10/8 by Amy Heller and Giacomella Orofino.' Journal of the American Oriental Society, 129 (3). pp. 503-505.

Theses

Luczanits, Christian (1998) Early Buddhist clay sculpture in the Western Himalaya (late 10th to early 13th centuries). PhD thesis. Vienna University.

Luczanits, Christian (1993) Studie zu einer Episode aus dem Leben des Buddha. Der Tuṣita Himmel und die Kronenübergabe. Other. Vienna University.