Sentences with word «thangka»

Trained in a traditional Tibetan thangka painting from a young age, Sherpa borrows from Tibetan iconography to abstract, fragment and reconstruct the traditional image to investigate and explore the diasporic experience as well as the dichotomy found where sacred and...

Trained in a traditional Tibetan thangka painting from a young age, Sherpa borrows from Tibetan iconography to abstract, fragment and reconstruct the traditional image to investigate and explore the diasporic experience as well as the dichotomy found where sacred and secular culture collide.

My personal Tibetan Buddhist shrine is also on display at Hudson Street, in a shrine room with twenty ancient thangkas borrowed from the Rubin Museum of Art.

After studying computer science and Mandarin in Taiwan, he returned to Nepal where he collaborated with his father on several important projects, including thangka and monastery mural paintings.

A collaboration between illustrator Robert Beer, an expert on Tibetan silk brocade thangka paintings, and Tad Wise, who has previously written about Tibetan prayer flags, this book is intended not as a curiosity, but for reflection and meditation on the go.

In this video podcast, Assistant Curator Melody Rod - ari discusses the history and production of the Norton Simon Museum's rare, monumental thangka, Future Buddha Maitreya Flanked by the Eighth Dalai Lama and His Tutor.

A selection of paintings from northern India is often on view, as are several thangkas, or Buddhist paintings on cloth, from Tibet and Nepal.

Joshua Liner Gallery is pleased to present Abstract Enlightenment, a new exhibition from master thangka painter and contemporary artist Pema Rinzin.

To relieve stress and anxiety lawyers will benefit from decorating their office and home with Feng Shui paintings and Tibetn thangkas.

Trained in a traditional Tibetan thangka painting from a young age,...

For instance, he hung his tapestry Map of Truths and Beliefs (2011) next to a Tibetan thangka painting depicting the Wheel of Life, and he paired an ancient Ghanaian ceremonial headdress with a deliberately aged helmet he had made himself.

For the Palais de Tokyo show, we borrowed twenty ancient thangkas from the Musée Guimet.

Also visit a thangka academy to observe this ancient and intricate art form, considered sacred to Buddhists.

Religion in the Palace features 30 works ranging from sculpture and thangkas to sutras, pagodas, and offerings.

The paintings draw on such varied influences as Tibetan Thangkas, Indian miniatures and the 16th century Italian artist Guiseppe Arcimboldo.

MFA Show Mixes Modern Interpretations of Shambhala With Extraordinary Collection of restored Tibetan Thangkas

Selections of the Museum's Rajput paintings from India, and thangkas, or Buddhist religious paintings, from Tibet and Nepal are well represented.

In Birth of a Planet, Von Wiegand has abandoned Mondrian's hard - edged precision in favor of centralized, ethereal imagery recalling the semi-abstract compositions of Tibetan thangkas and mandalas.

From the age of 12, he studied traditional Tibetan thangka painting with his father, a renowned thangka artist from Ngyalam, Tibet.

Ringgold's famed story quilts were inspired by her fashion - designer mother and Tibetan thangkas (paintings on cloth framed with brocade).

In 1998 he moved to the USA working as a thangka artist and as an instructor at several Buddhist centers in California.

The painting surface in the first work is fully covered by gold leaf, and a red grid is superimposed on top, recalling the sketches of traditional thangka paintings with their precise measurements.

Three years later, he returned to Nepal working with his father in numerous projects that included painting thangkas and monastery murals.

Tsherin Sherpa (b. Kathmandu, 1968) studied traditional Tibetan thangka painting from the age of twelve under the guidance of his father, Master Urgen Dorje, a renowned thangka artist from Ngyalam, Tibet.

In the early 1970s, she abandoned traditional oils for painting in acrylic on unstretched canvas with fabric borders, a technique evoking Tibetan thangkas (silk paintings with embroidery).

This volume details the cultural and artistic significance of more than 140 featured works, which range from Tibetan thangkas and Indian miniature paintings to stone sculptures and bronzes.

The result is somewhat similar to the intent of Jain paintings from India or Tibetan thangkas, which serve to open a door to another realm.

Bob Roberts makes intense watercolors on paper — creating dense, fanatically detailed compositions that draw from traditional American tattoo flash, Tibetan thangkas paintings, and outlaw motorcycle imagery.