Image: 23 1/4 x 19 3/8 in. (59.1 x 49.2 cm) : 38 1/2 x 19 3/8 in. (97.8 x 49.2 cm) ...

Following a complex grid system, thangka artists must draw each figure and frill according to precise measurements and proportions stipulated by Buddhist iconography. In this sense, “the role of ...

The massive piece, known as a thangka and sized bigger than a king-size bed, was entirely worked with silk embroidery, depicting Raktayamari, ‘The Red Killer of Death’, a meditational deity in ...

In Sherpa’s art, Tibet and California, thangka and pop art, Buddha and Mickey Mouse mingle and morph to create a new visual language. Tsherin Sherpa, "Fly High" (2019), metal leaf, acrylic ...

A female painter graduated from a Thangka art school in southwest China's Sichuan province works on a Thangka painting. [Photo/Xinhua] The exhibition of Regong Thangka paintings made its debut at ...

At one studio, 48-year-old Thangka painter Phurbu Tsering is working on a new drawing attentively. Phurbu Tsering's studio is more than 20 years old, making it probably the oldest one on the street.

A huge thangka in Drepung Monastry, on the Gambo Utse mountain, five kilometers from the western suburb of Lhasa. [Photo by Feng Yongbin/Asianewsphoto] Norbu Sidar, a thangka master, spent his ...

If you can't decipher a thangka, you might perpetually remain a "muggle" in the realm of Tibetan culture. The Xizang Autonomous Region in Southwest China and surrounding areas have long been ...

Kelsang Dawa shows his thangka collection at his painting center in Shangri-La, Yunnan province. The Tibetan art genre is energy-intensive－sometimes it takes years to finish one piece.

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, ...