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A Kushan-period Sculpture from the reign of Jaya Varman, A.D. 185
By Kashinath Tamot and Ian Alsop.

A New Ceiling for the Roof of the World
Mustang: Thubchen Gompa. By Broughton Coburn.

A Thang ka Portrait of 'Bri gung rin chen dpal, 'Jig rten gsum mgon (1143-1217)
by Amy Heller. Abstract: With this thang ka one can categorically identify ?Jig rten mgon po, also known as ?Bri gung rin chen dpal or ?Jig rten gsum mgon (1143-1217), as the principal subject of a thang ka due to the fact that the inscription is written on the reverse of the canvas.

A Virtual Museum: Himalayan Art Resources
Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Quarterly, Summer, 2005. In 1997, Shelley and Donald Rubin, longtime collectors of Himalayan art, decided it was time to make more of this richly detailed and largely sacred art available on the Internet.

Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajnāpāramitā Manuscript from the Yarlung Museum
by Eva Allinger. This Manuscript was on display from 19 August to 26 November 2006 This Manuscript was on display from 19 August to 26 November 2006 during "Tibet - Kl?ster ?ffnen ihre Schatzkammern", an exhibition at Villa H?gel, Essen. It is catalogued as No. 26, pp. 219-225.

An Early Stone Fragment from Central Nepal
A bodhisattva and a guardian figure by Thomas J. Pritzker.

The Ancient Amulets of Tibet: Thogchags
A collection of Miniature Masterpieces. By John Vincent Bellezza.

The Art of Conservation
Coming out of the closet about subjectivity and contradictions in an architect's conservation practice. By Erich Theophile.

Auspicious Carpets: A Tibetan View of Aesthetics
Asian Art Website. This article first appeared in The Nepalese-Tibetan Carpet, edited by John Frederick, a special issue for the carpet trade published by Nepal Traveller, January 1993.

Blue Annals by Go Lotsawa Zhonnu Pal
The Blue Annals (deb ther sngon po) is one of the most famous and important of Tibetan historical surveys. Its focus is on the history of the spread of Tibetan Buddhism, and it is remarkable for its ecumenical scope covering many different sectarian traditions. The author, Translator G?lo Zh?nnupel ('gos lo gzhon nu dpal, 1392-1481), composed this work in only a few years, completing it in 1476 at age 84.

Buddhism and Buddhist Art by Vidya Dehejia
Metropolitan Museum of Art Essay Topics.

Buddhist Artifacts as the Support of Spiritual Realization
Enlightened Journey: Buddhist Practice as Daily Life. By Tulku Thondup, edited by Harold Talbot. Shambhala: Boston London, 2001.

Chronological Conundrums in the Life of Khyung po rnal 'byor: Hagiography and Historical Time
by Matthew T. Kapstein.

Coiffe de Pandit by Etienne Bock
Coiffe de Pandit by Etienne Bock, an informative article on Indian and Tibetan pandita hats used by Buddhists along with reference to the Bon religion. This is a large Pdf file and in French.

Conservation Notes on Some Nepalese Paintings
A report on five Nepalese paintings which have undergone conservation by Mary Shepherd Slusser.

The Conservation of Tibetan Thangkas
A group of five symposium papers.

Couples in Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art Essay Topics.

CT Scans in Art Work Appraisal
This article was previously published in Art Tribal, Winter 2003, n?4, p.116-131.

The Decoration of Tibetan Arms and Armor
Metropolitan Museum of Art Essay Topics.

Demons and Deities: Masks of the Himalayas
Part I: Tribal and Shamanic masks. Part II: The Spread of Buddhism. By Thomas Murray. Photography by Don Tuttle.

The Development & Symbolism of Tibetan Buddhist Art & Iconography
by Peter Della Santina.

Devi: The Great Goddess
Freer-Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian.

Early Portrait Painting in Tibet
The function and meaning of Buddhist art, by Jane Casey Singer.

Elements of Newar Buddhist Art
By Gautama V. Vajracharya.

Hinduism and Hindu Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art Essay Topics.

Images of Earth and Water
Tsa Tsa: the Tsa-Tsa Votive Tablets of Tibet by Juan Li.

Images of Lost Civilization
The Ancient Rock Art of Upper Tibet by John Vincent Bellezza.

Kathmandu University Department of Music
A Short Introduction by Gert-Matthias Wegner.

Kuber Singh Shakya
A Master Craftsman of Nepal. By Mary Shepherd Slusser and James A. Giambrone.

The Legacy of Genghis Khan
Metropolitan Museum of Art Essay Topics.

The Lhasa gTsug lag khang : Observations on the Ancient Wood Carvings
By Amy Heller. This article was first published in the Tibet Journal, Vol XXIX, No 3; Autumn 2004, and is presented here with the kind permission of the editors.

The Lhasa gtsug lag khang: Further Observations on the Ancient wood Carvings
The author comments on an article also found in Asianart.com. Please see: The Lhasa gtsug lag khang: Observations on the Ancient wood Carvings by Amy Heller.

Licchavi Caityas of Nepal
A Solution to the Empty Niche by Ian Alsop

Life of the Buddha
Metropolitan Museum of Art Essay Topics.

Lineages and Structure in Tibetan Buddhist Painting: Principles and Practice of an Ancient Sacred Choreography
by David P. Jackson.

List of Rulers: South Asia
Metropolitan Museum of Art Essay Topics.

The Lukhang: A Hidden Temple inTibet
A small pagoda-roofed temple on a lake behind the Potala palace, by Ian Baker and Thomas Laird.

Maps of Enlightenment
In December, 2005, Tricycle visited New York City's Rubin Museum of Art, home of one of the West's richest collections of Himalayan art. In this interview RMA curator Jeff Watt pulls back the curtain on this potent Buddhist Art form.

Metal and Stone Vestiges: Religion, Magic and Protection in the Art of Ancient Tibet
By John Vincent Bellezza. The art of Tibet reaches deep into prehistory. Before the advent of Buddhism in the 7th century A.D., metalworking, painting and carving on stone were already well developed and had assumed a fair degree of refinement.

The Metal Sculpture of the Khasa Mallas of West Nepal/ West Tibet
By Ian Alsop

Nepalese Painting
Metropolitan Museum of Art Essay Topics.

Nepalese Sculpture
Metropolitan Museum of Art Essay Topics.

New Archaeological Discovories In Tibet
A series of pre-Buddhist archaeological sites in western Tibet by John Vincent Bellezza.

Northern Tibet Exploration
Archaeological Discovories of the Changthang Circuit Expedition 1999 by John Vincent Bellezza.

Notes on a Taglung Portrait
A religious hierarch from the Taglung branch of the Kagyu order by Jane Casey Singer. (Please see a similar Taglung Portrait and two lamas in one portrait in the database of this web page).

Oriental Sacred Art and the Art of Collecting in the West
by Ana P?niker.

Painting Styles in the Rubin Collection: Identifications & Clarifications
by David P. Jackson.

Phagpa Lokes'vara of the Potala
Sculpture: a form of Avalokites'vara of a type that has long puzzled historians of Himalayan art by Ian Alsop.

Recognizing the Gods
Metropolitan Museum of Art Essay Topics.

Separation Anxiety
The conservation of a 5th century Buddhist Gandharan Manuscript by Susan Sayre Batton.

The Silver Jug of the Lhasa Jokhang
Some Observations on silver objects and costumes from the Tibetan Empire (7th-9th century).

Soma Offertory and Elixer
By Fran?ois Pannier. This Tibetan offertory cover is a rare and exceptional object which has until now only been described briefly.

Tantric Hinduism in Khmer Culture
bB Emma C. Bunker, Asian Department, Denver Art Museum.

Tashi Kabum: A Cave Temple Associated with Luri Gompa in Upper Mustang, Nepal
By Gary McCue.

Thangka Restoration and Conservation
by Marion Boyer Jean Michel Terrier.

TIBET - Monasteries Open Their Treasure Rooms
TIBET - Monasteries Open Their Treasure Rooms - the exhibition and its book: A Review by Michael Henss

Tibetan Arms and Armor
Metropolitan Museum of Art Essay Topics.

Tibetan Buddhist Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art Essay Topics.

Tibetan Buddhist Thangkas and their Religious Significance
Enlightened Journey: Buddhist Practice as Daily Life. By Tulku Thondup, edited by Harold Talbot. Shambhala: Boston & London, 2001.

Tracing the Reception and Adaptation of Foreign...
Tracing the Reception and Adaptation of Foreign aesthetic elements in Tibetan sculpture. We will first examine the aesthetic characteristics of the most ancient metalwork to see how this process of fusion and adaptation of foreign influences was accomplished, and subsequently we will examine these tendencies in the sculptures which the Tibetans made to honor the Buddhist religion.

Trance Dancers of the Goddess Durga
By Hamid Sardar.

Tsakli: Tibetan Ritual Miniature Paintings
Employed in numerous situations such as empowerment, ritual mandalas, transmission of teachings, substitutes for ceremonial items, visualization aids and funerals, by Juan Li.

Tsiu Marpo, The Career of a Tibetan Protector Deity
by Christopher Paul Bell. The Florida State University College of Arts and Sciences. (35 MB Pdf file).

The Vajrayana: Myth & Symbolism
by Peter Della Santina.

The Vanishing Dances of Ladakh
(This essay first appeared in Ballet Review, Summer 2001 Reprinted with permission and amendments. By Joseph Houseal).

Victorious Durga: Javanese Images of the Hindu Goddess
Durga Figures in the Museum Nasional, Jakarta. The Museum Nasional has 32 Durga sculptures on display. They originate from various areas in Java dating from the 7th to the 15 th century, the Hindu-Buddhist period in the history of the Indonesian archipelago.

Virtual Treasures: The Himalayan Art Project to the Rescue
Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, Winter 2003. "With the most extensive searchable database in its field, the site is a one-stop resource for art lovers, spiritual practitioners, scholars, and collectors."

Visual Dharma: The Buddhist Art of Tibet
by Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche.

Visual Dharma: The Buddhist Art of Tibet
by Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche.

Wangden Meditation Weaving
Wangden Valley and the unique weaving tradition by Rupert Smith.

West meets East: Making a Murti in Kathmandu
By Karla Refojo.

Woodslips: An On-line Digital Database of Tibetan Woodslips
The largest, and most well-known, single cache of Central Asian manuscripts is that discovered in a walled-up library in the monastic cave complex of Dunhuang.