Himalayan Art: Painting

Black Background a painting type used for accentuating the fierceness of wrathful subjects.	Blockprints pressed from wood blocks onto paper or cloth.
Charts astrological, medical and protective talismans.	Coloured Background the majority of Himalayan & Tibetan paintings belong to this classification of coloured tangka.
Gold Background a special treatment for peaceful deities, long-life deities and buddhas.	Hands and Feet Images of the hand and foot prints of famous teachers, predominantly Kagyu and Nyingma.
Illuminated Manuscripts small images drawn or painted to decorate the pages of religious books.	Initiation Cards (Tibetan: tsagli) small painted cards used during Tantric initiation ceremonies.
Landscapes scenic landscape vistas generally painted on a horizontal cotton canvas.	Mandala geometric models of a pure universe; the abode of archetypal deities.
Murals wall paintings: the principal art form of Buddhist & Bon religious establishments.	Painted Prints (Parma) painted prints: pressed from wood blocks onto cotton then painted and framed as tangkas.
Pauba the scroll paintings of the Kathmandu Valley.	Red Background paintings with a ground of vermillion, iron oxide.