The eighth-century master Namkhai Nyingpo, one of the twenty-five disciples of a founding figure of Tibetan Buddhism, Padmasambhava, is shown in this painting dressed in monastic robes and holding an [...]
Legendary men and women called mahasiddhas, or great spiritually accomplished ones, are considered to be among the first teachers of Tantric Buddhist practices. Usually of [...]
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Tibetan Buddhism played a prominent role in the courts of the Mongolian Yuan (1279–1638) and early Chinese Ming (1368–1644) dynasties, resulting in the creation of Tibetan Buddhist art in the imperial ateliers. Here a Tibetan composition depicting a [...]
This painting depicts Dralha Yesi Gyalpo, a protector of the founder of the Bon religion, Tonpa Shenrab, who is [...]
This photograph, taken in Dunhuang, China, depicts a Buddhist island shrine with a restored towering pagoda. It is representative of Lynn Davis’s focus on [...]
Damchen Garwai Nakpo, the Blacksmith, was a local pre-Buddhist Tibetan deity subdued by the great master Padmasambhava (8th century), who was invited to Tibet by [...]
Tenzing Rigdol works in multiple mediums, including photography, performance, video, painting, and collage. This work is from a series of the artist’s contemporary interpretations of [...]
Vajrabhairava is one of the most important deities of the Geluk School of Tibetan Buddhism, which has dominated Mongolian religious life in recent centuries. This sculpture is [...]
This painting depicts Wangchuk Dorje, the Ninth Black Hat Karmapa, head of the Karma Kagyu School of Tibetan Buddhism. A partly effaced inscription suggests that this painting was [...]
This painting portrays the teacher Namkha Palzang (1398–1425) of Ralung Monastery in Tsang Province, western-central Tibet, and belongs to a [...]
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Nepal’s Kathmandu Valley has long been a center of art making, and thus a number of objects from there that give insight into the artistic process have been preserved. Among these are [...]