Painting: Repeated Figures Composition Main Page - Updated
The Repeated Figures Main Page has been updated with additional images.
Repeated images surrounding a central figure are common in Himalayan and Tibetan art. The images of paintings found on this page are only a selection from some of the larger museum collections on the HAR website. The majority of such paintings are late productions, post 17th century. These paintings do however create some confusion when looking at earlier, pre-17th century, paintings which principally employ the use of registers. A confusion over dating can arise when thinking that all paintings with registers are early and all paintings with floating figures and landscape are late