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Diagrammatic Art - Updated

Diagrammatic Art is art, primarily paintings and murals, intended to convey large amounts of highly structured and codified information to the viewer. The principal topics of Diagrammatic art are:


1. Mandalas

2. Charts, Astrological

3. Charts, Medical

4. Charts, Body Mandala

5. Charts, Yantra

6. Hands & Footprints

7. Refuge Field

8. Wheel of Life

9. Cityscape

10. Offering Paintings

11. Didactic, Miscellaneous


One of the most interesting diagrammatic works in the didactic category is a painted illustration of the Bon teachings explaining Dzogchen philosophy and training.