Himalayan Art Resources

Subject: Why Paintings Are Made

Why Paintings Are Made | Memorial Paintings | Pilgrimage Paintings | Export Art | Jowo Depictions (Pilgrimage Art) | Cityscapes (Pilgrimage Art) | Travel Paintings | Bhimarata Ritual (Commemorative)

Why Paintings Are Made:
- Avert Illness or Calamity
- Didactic
- Life Event or Events
- Gift
- Holy Sites
- Memorial Commemorative
- Narrative, Biography
- Pilgrimage Souvenir
- Practice Support
- Record a Dream: Example 1
- Record a Meditation Experience
- Religious Commitment
- Ritual Object
- Travelogue
- Others...