Read about the American Himalayan Foundation's project to conserve and restore the ancient building of Thubchen Gompa and its precious paintings.
Explore a database of Tibetan woodblock prints, obtained from rare Tibetan books in St. Petersburg, depicting Lamas and other sacred art figures.
Online Buddhist store presents a thorough overview of the yab-yum bronze icons of Tantric Buddhism in Tibet.
Offers edited versions of five symposium papers on Tibetan thangkas, presented at the Western Association for Art Conservation's 1992 meeting.
Learn about the China Exploration and Research Society project to save some of the last intact Tibetan monasteries on the eastern plateau.
School of thangka painting in Kathmandu features virtual galleries. Observe the creation of a thangka and learn about Tibetan iconography.
Article addresses the meaning and guidelines behind Tibetan portraiture, a significant form of iconic art between 1000 and 1400 A.D.
Gallery of paintings by Robert Powell of Mustang and the Tibetan people who live there. Includes a description of Mustang's history.
Provides selected calligraphic works of Dhumkhang La. Introduction includes an overview of the technique and a history of Tibetan calligraphy.
Details the making of giant thangkas for the Tsurphu Monastery, whose original banners were destroyed during the cultural revolution.
Selections are displayed here from Anna Maria and Fabio Rossi's exhibition of early Tibetan manuscript covers. Includes an introduction.
Inspect the Himalayan-inspired drawings of Philip Sugden. Features images of a Tibetan shepherdess and the Potala Palace in Lhasa.
Access a history and profile of the tsa-tsa votive tablets of Tibet. Includes photos of the clay tablets and a bibliography.
View the collection of Asian antiques, tribal artifacts, and Buddha sculptures from countries such as Burma, Thailand, and Laos.
Learn about the project to restore Karsha's ancient temple and its murals. Features photographs and updates.
Enjoy photos of Karsha's oldest chorten, an entrance stupa with similarities to some of the oldest chortens in Zangskar and Ladakh.
Examine photographs documenting the kora, the sacred path of worship that circles Tibetan Buddhism's most sacred temple, the Jokhang.
View the Rezk Collection of Tibetan art from the permanent collection of the Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art. Includes notes and essays.
Essay investigates the iconography and religious stories depicted in the murals of Baiya Monastery, a temple located in Tibet's Dege County.
View the Thomas Laird and Robert Powell exhibit of photos and paintings from Mustang, a remote Nepalese territory with a strong Tibetan heritage.
Article on the series of pre-Buddhist archaeological sites discovered in Changthang, which reveal some of the secrets of ancient Tibet.
Jane Casey Singer analyzes a 13th-century portrait of a religious hierarch from the Taglung branch of the Kagyu order of Tibetan Buddhism.
Asianart.com presents Simon Pierse's watercolor paintings of Ladakh, the ancient Himalayan kingdom often called Little Tibet.
Article examines the Phagpa Lokes'vara, a sacred ivory figure in Tibetan Buddhism which has long puzzled historians of Himalayan art.
Click through photos taken in Tibet by two U.S. Army officers of the 1942-43 Tolstoy expedition. Includes images of art and cultural traditions.
View 16th-century paintings from the Queen's Chorten, located in Karsha, Zanskar in front of the Chuchikjyal temple.
Access selected images and captions from the Metropolitan Museum of Art's 1999 Sacred Visions exhibition. Includes commentary.
Philadelphia Museum of Art profiles the sand mandala painted in its Indian Temple. Includes photos of the process and an artist profile.
View Indian, Nepalese and Tibetan bronzes from the private Nyingjei Lam Collection. Includes a preface by the collector.
Displays photographer Nancy Jo Johnson's moving B&W images from the Himalayas and the Tibetan Plateau. Includes an introduction by Johnson.
Find an article on the history and meaning of thogchags, ancient Tibetan talismans made of bronze and meteoric metals. Includes a gallery.
Sample from the Albuquerque Museum's major 1998 exhibition of Tibetan Buddhist art. Includes an introduction by Dr. Pratapaditya Pal.
Learn about the organization's Lhasa Archive Project, which focuses on conservation, restoration and rehabilitation in the ancient holy city.
Examine the tsakli, or initiation cards, a genre of miniature painting employed in Tibetan ritual. Includes examples of the art form.
Visit Wangden, the Southern Tibet river valley known for its unique style of carpet weaving. Includes photos and a history of the craft.
Skim a Kham Aid Foundation report on the traditional wooden architecture in Kham. Features photographs of selected structures.