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McNamara Tibetan Art Powerpoint
McNamara Tibetan Art Powerpoint
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Indian Antecedents
Buddhist art is aniconic
until at least 200 BCE Representations of Buddha include Bodhi leaves, trees, wheels, footprints
Icons
Gandhara (Pakistan/Afghanistan) and Bactria Alexander the Great establishes Satrapy in
Bactria circa 330 BCE Greco-Buddhist Art from 1st century CE Ajanta caves (200 BCE-200 CE) Roughly contemporaneous emergence of icons in Mathura
i.e., Macedonian influence is a source, not the
(Pakistan/Afghanistan), Kashmir, Nepal China and Central Asia also had a say
Tibetan Plateau
Schools of Art
Major Traditions (in very broad brushstrokes):
Paltri (Nepali) Menlug (Peaceful) Khentse (Wrathful) Karma Katri (Chinese influence)
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Visualization exercises Purify impure body, speech, mind
Vajravarahi Mandalas
Interactions
Faith Buddhas and Bodhisattvas are there