Thangka (Nepal-gú huat-im:[ˈt̪ʰaŋka]; tsōng-gú: ཐང་ཀ་; newar-gú: पौभा; hàn-gú: 唐卡; Wylie tsuán-siá[en]: thang-ka) teh tsōng-gú ê ì-sù sī "tshîng-peh-tshiū", tio̍h-sī tsi̍t-tsióng uē teh pòo-buān, jī-tsuá tíng-kuân ê uē-siōng. Thâng-kā hing-khí teh Bod Tè-kok sî-kî, ē-tàng suî-ì î-tōng, hong-piān siu-tsông.
11th or early 12th-century thangka of the Amitābha Buddha, with donor portraits at bottom.[1]
Monk painting a thangka at the Potala in Lhasa in 1938
Thanka with its backing and (above) cover
Jina Buddha Ratnasambhava, Central Tibet, Kadampa Monastery, 1150–1225
'The Dhyani Buddha Akshobhya', Tibetan thangka, late 13th century, Honolulu Museum of Art. The background consists of multiple images of the Five Dhyani Buddhas.
Thangka of Buddha with the One Hundred Jataka Tales, Tibet, 13th-14th century
Small tsakli, 13-14th century
17th-century Central Tibetan thanka of Guhyasamaja Akshobhyavajra, Rubin Museum of Art
Yama, Tibet, 17th- or early 18th-century. Over six feet high, this was originally one of a set of protective deities.[2]
YamaDharmapala, Tibeto-Chinese, silk embroidery, 18th century
18th-century Eastern Tibetan thanka, with the Green Tara (Samaya Tara Yogini) in the center and the Blue, Red, White and Yellow taras in the corners, Rubin Museum of Art
Bhutanese thangka of Mt. Meru and the Buddhist Universe, 19th century, Trongsa Dzong, Trongsa, Bhutan
Painted Bhutanese Medicine Buddhamandala with the goddess Prajnaparamita in center, 19th century, Rubin Museum of Art
Bhutanese Drukpa Kagyuapplique Buddhist lineage thangka with Shakyamuni Buddha in center, 19th century, Rubin Museum of Art
Bhutanese painted complete mandala, 19th century, Seula Gonpa, Punakha, Bhutan
Bhutanese painted thangka of Guru Nyima Ozer, late 19th century, Do Khachu Gonpa, Chukha, Bhutan
Bhutanese painted thangka of Milarepa (1052–1135), late 19th-early 20th century, Dhodeydrag Gonpa, Thimphu, Bhutan
Bhutanese painted thangka of the Jataka Tales, 18th-19th century, Phajoding Gonpa, Thimphu, Bhutan
The Qianlong Emperor of China dressed as a monk
Wheel of Life, from about 1800, Birmingham Museum of Art
The mahasiddhaGhantapa (below), from Situ Panchen's set of thangka depicting the Eight Great Tantric Adepts. 18th century, with Chinese influence
Tibetan thangka of the Chemchok Heruka
One of a pair of book covers, c. 12th century
19th-century Mongolian distemper painting with highlights of gold, depicting Shakyamuni flanked by Avalokiteśvara and Manjushri. The form of Manjushri depicted here is not wielding the characteristic flaming sword, but there are many forms of the eight great bodhisattvas, some are based on the Indian tradition, and other from visions of historical masters.
Lipton, Barbara and Ragnubs, Nima Dorjee. Treasures of Tibetan Art: Collections of the Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art. Oxford University Press, New York. 1996.
Rhie, Marylin and Thurman, Robert (eds.):Wisdom And Compassion: The Sacred Art of Tibet, 1991, Harry N. Abrams, New York (with three institutions), ISBN0810925265. (Eng-gí)
Giuseppe Tucci, Tibetan Painted Scrolls. 3 volumes, Rome, 1949 (Eng-gí)
Hugo E. Kreijer, Tibetan Paintings. The Jucker Collection. 2001, ISBN978-1570628658(Eng-gí)
Huntington, John C., Bangdel, Dina, The Circle of Bliss: Buddhist Meditational Art, 2003, Serindia Publications, ISBN1932476016, 9781932476019 (Eng-gí)
Per Kværne, The Bon Religion of Tibet: The Iconography of a Living Tradition. Serindia, London 1995. ISBN0-906026-35-0(Eng-gí)
David P. Jackson, History of Tibetan Painting; The Great Tibetan Painters and Their Traditions, 1995, ISBN3700122241(Eng-gí)
Martin Willson, Martin Brauen, Deities of Tibetan Buddhism: The Zurich Paintings of the "Icons Worthwhile to See". Wisdom Pubn. 2000, ISBN9780861710980(Eng-gí)
Robert N. Linrothe, Paradise and Plumage: Chinese Connections in Tibetan Arhat Painting. Serindia Publications 2004, ISBN978-1932476071(Eng-gí)
David P. Jackson, Patron and Painter: Situ Panchen and the Revival of the Encampment Style. Rubin Museum of Art 2009, ISBN978-0977213146(Eng-gí)
Nick Dudka's art of Thangka site - Nick Dudka is an internationally well-known Thangka artist, who has been studying ancient Tibetan art Menry style. He is exhibiting his works all over the world to spread the unique necessity of the holy art to the modern world. (Eng-gí)
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