News

A page for Jamchen Choje Shakya Yeshe as a secondary figure in textile tangkas has been added and linked to the main Shakya Yeshe Page.

The Woven Textile Main Page has been updated with a large number of additional images. These works, using Himalayan style paintings as a model, were created on a loom and primarily manufactured in China from the 13th century up to the early 20th century.

The Applique Page has been updated with additional images.

The Terdag Lingpa Gyurme Dorje Page has been updated with additional images.

The Giant Applique Tangka Page has been updated with additional images.

The Art Depicted in Art Page has been updated with additional images.

The Lotus Mandala Main Page has been updated with additional images.

The Architectural Mandala Page has been updated with additional images.

A page for Upright-figures Mandala has been added and linked to the main mandala pages.

The Drugpa Kunleg Page 'The Mad Yogi of Bhutan' has been updated with additional links and images.

The Function & Relationships Glossary has been updated with additional content and links.

The Himalayan Art Resources website has now reached over 80,000 images in the database. The cataloguing of all of these images takes longer than the upload and still continues.

A page for Shadbhuja Mahakala with the legs standing straight has been added.

A page for Shadbhuja Mahakala (Early Paintings) has been added.

The Shadbhuja Mahakala Main Page has been updated with additional content, links and images.

A glossary page listing the different Types of Mandalas has been added and linked to the Mandala Main Page. This page only lists and defines the types of mandalas while the much more extensive Mandala Technical Glossary defines many more terms related to the subject and to the iconography.

A page for the Number of Mandalas per Composition has been added. The majority of mandala paintings depict a single mandala per composition, however there are also three mandalas, four, five and multiple mandalas per composition.

A page for the Peaceful & Wrathful Deities depicted in mandala-like circles has been added.

The Mandala Main Page has been updated with additional content, links and images.

A Kalachakra Sculpture Masterworks Page has been added and linked to the Masterworks Main Page.