CHENGDU - Rong Ying has been studying Thangka painting for almost four years. Rong, 24, an ethnic Tibetan from Rangtang County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, learns the skills in a training ...
People visit an exhibition of Tibetan thangka painting in Lanzhou, capital of northwest China's Gansu Province, Jan. 18, 2016. (Xinhua/Fan Peishen) If you are interested in Tibet and Tibetan culture, ...
From peaceful deities such as the 1,000-armed Avalokiteshvara and Goddess Tara to gods at the wrathful end of the scale – Yama, the god of death often seen enshrouded in flames; war goddess Begtse – ...
Image: 28 x 20 in. (71.1 x 25.8 cm) : 54 1/4 x 30 1/2 in. (137.8 x 77.5 cm) ...
Ten years ago, a 60-yearold Tibetan Thangka artist Shedar spent a whole year drawing a Tibetan Thangka painting "Yamantaka," a God of Tibetan Buddhism with blue skin and 34 arms. Now this traditional ...
Tashi Norbu’s live painting performance, November 6, 2018, University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie, Wyoming (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) Thangka simply means “Tibetan hanging scroll.
An association for the promotion of thangka painting has been established in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, in a move that will help protect the national intangible cultural heritage ...
The total value of an artist’s artworks sold at auction over a specific period. This metric reflects the artist’s overall market activity and demand in monetary terms. The middle value of all realized ...