Book on Tibet's history of modern fine arts published

LHASA, May 22 (Xinhua) -- A book on Tibet's history of 20th century fine arts has been published in Lhasa, capital of Tibet Autonomous Region in southwest China.

Authored by painter Tsewang Tashi, who is also a professor at Tibet University, the book includes a large amount of his fieldwork in Lhasa, Xigaze, Qamdo, and Shannan, covering areas of painting, sculpture, and architecture.

It also collects research on Tibet's history of fine arts conducted in China or abroad, presenting the ethnic and geographic features of Tibetan fine arts.