Project Himalayan Art 108 Object EssaysA Tibetan Artist’s Interest in Archaic Chinese and Kashmiri Art
Arhats Viewing a Painting of Birds by the Tenth Karmapa
Lijiang, Yunnan Province, China; 1660
Project Himalayan Art 108 Object EssaysA Monument of Tibetan Cultural Identity
Potala Palace
Lhasa, U region, central Tibet (present-day TAR, China); 1645–1694
Polychrome statue depicting lama seated on lotus pedestal with hands in mudras at chest and in lap
Project Himalayan Art 108 Object EssaysPapier-Mâché Sculpture and the Nyingma School at the Periphery
Portrait of Ngadak Puntsok Rigdzin
Lo Gekhar, Mustang, Nepal; mid-17th century
Project Himalayan Art 108 Object Essays

Wrathful Tantric Imagery at the Seat of the Tibetan State Oracle

Nechung Monastery Murals
Nechung Monastery, Lhasa, U region, central Tibet (present-day TAR, China); ca. 1682
Complex of religious buildings with irregular roofline and golden tower clings to mountainside above forested landscape
Project Himalayan Art 108 Object Essays

Bhutan’s Most Acclaimed Religious Sanctuary

Taktsang, the Tiger’s Lair
Paro District, western Bhutan; founded 1692–1694
Project Himalayan Art 108 Object Essays

The Mongolian Artist Zanabazar and the Mongol Devotion to the Future Buddha Maitreya

Maitreya
Mongolia; 1680s
Copper and gold fountainhead in the form of goat emerging from mouth of elephant-like creature
Project Himalayan Art 108 Object Essays

Architectural Expression of Monsoonal Phenomena

Golden Fountain of Bhaktapur
Bhaktapur, Nepal; 1688
Detail of mural depicting walled complex populated by multiple figures situated in green mountain valley
Project Himalayan Art 108 Object Essays

Taranatha’s Vision of Shakyamuni’s Quest

A Monumental Life of the Buddha Mural
Puntsok Ling Monastery, Tsang region, central Tibet (present-day TAR, China); ca. 1615–1630
Project Himalayan Art 108 Object Essays

Medicine, Science, and the Everyday in Tibetan Art

Desi Sanggye Gyatso’s Medical Paintings
Lhasa, U region, central Tibet; 1687–1697

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