Thangka
タンカ / 11th century– / Style / Buddhist Art
Tibetan Buddhism's scroll paintings: deities and mandalas drawn to strict iconometric rule, mineral pigments and gold line functioning as maps for meditation — portable faith for a nomadic life.
Strict iconometric rule / The saturation of mineral pigments / Mandala geometry / The rollable scroll format
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Dictionary entry
- Best used for
- Comparing primary sources and canonical works · Extracting principles that transfer to other media
- Type
- Observe the letters, signs and scale of reference works
- Composition
- Extract the one structure that governs gaze and information
- Material
- Verify the materials and behaviors specific to era, region and process
- Caution
- Don't reduce it to surface signs. Verify the context of era, region, technology and makers.
- Further study
- iconometric grids (tikse) / the Ngor mandalas / thangka workshops today