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A thangka (Nepali pronunciation: [ˈt̪ʰaŋka]; Tibetan: ཐང་ཀ་; Nepal Bhasa: पौभा) is a Tibetan Buddhist painting on cotton, silk appliqué, usually depicting a Buddhist deity, scene, or mandala. Thangkas are traditionally kept unframed and rolled up when not on display, mounted on a textile backing somewhat in the style of ...
Large shrine statue of Maitreya, Thiksey Monastery, Ladakh, 1970. The vast majority of surviving Tibetan art created before the mid-20th century is religious, with the main forms being thangka, paintings on cloth, mostly in a technique described as gouache or distemper, [1] Tibetan Buddhist wall paintings, and small statues in bronze, or large ones in clay, stucco or wood.
A wood block is engraved with the painting outline before printed onto the canvas. This simplifies the painting process and gives special effects. The metal thangka, whose durability and foldable concept was to serve travelling needs. The Papier-mâché thangka which is unique for the three-dimensional appearance of the central picture.
The title of the painting is spelled in Italian as Monna Lisa (mona being a vulgarity in Italian), which is rare in English, [21] [22] [23] where it is traditionally spelled Mona. [ 24 ] Lisa del Giocondo was a member of the Gherardini family of Florence and Tuscany , and the wife of wealthy Florentine silk merchant Francesco del Giocondo. [ 25 ]
Ground layers of famous painter’s artworks contain rare lead compound, scientists say
Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci, National Gallery of Art, 8 January 1963 - 3 February 1963 ; The Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 7 February 1963 - 4 March 1963 ; Mona Lisa Exhibition, Tokyo National Museum, 20 April 1974 - 10 June 1974 ; References: A Treasury of Art Masterpieces: from the Renaissance to the Present ...
The giant thangka wall at Tashilhunpo monastery in Shigatse.It is about 32 metres high by 42 metres wide (at the base) and built in 1468. A thangka wall is, in Tibetan religious architecture, a stone-built structure used for hanging giant, or monumental, appliqued thangkas, or scrolls, in some of the major Buddhist monasteries of Tibet.
A new Microsoft artificial intelligence-generated video showed the Mona Lisa painting rapping along to a song.