March 22, 2004
The Art of Narration in Buddhist Thangka Paintings. ExoticIndiaArt's latest article of the month.
Very beautiful, thanks.
And pretty good commentary on the life of Shakyamuni too. Concise and to the point. Can't help but think some of the art is quite Chinese, rather than India. Especially parts where the sky is depicted.
There's a different emphasis in Tibetan religious art in respect of the attention accruing to any individual artist -- thankga painters were/are usually anonymous.
And originality of expression, so prized in the West, is not desirable in thangka painting, either.
Different from contemporary practice in the West, that is -- one doesn't think of individual artists doing those marvelous medival illuminations, either, of course.
Nice. I particularly like 'Queen Maya's Dream'.
I have an affinity for elephants and have a purple one tattooed on the back of my neck.
Fine article, homunculus!
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