Himalayan Art Resources

Painting Type: Gold Ground

Gold Ground Masterworks

Subjects, Topics & Types:
- Description (below)
- Gold Fill
- Decree, Gold Silk
- Gold & Red
- Gold & Multi-colour
- Gold & Repeated Figures
- Ground Colours Main Page
- Ground Colour Outline Page
- Confusions
- Others...

Gold ground paintings follow an early tradition where compositions are applied directly onto Chinese gold silk without any prepared ground. Gold ground paintings depict the same subjects as those rendered on the un-grounded silk cloth. Gold ground is commonly used for images of the Buddha who is said to 'shine like a mountain of gold.' Gold silk and painted gold ground developed independent of Tantric theory and are the result of the creativity of the artist, available materials, along with the patronage of wealthy donors.

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Jeff Watt 2-2008 [6-2017, 1-2020]