Tibetan art

thumb|Buddha Vairocana, the “Resplendent One”. Pigments on cloth, 14th century thumb|Thangka depicting Vajrabhairava, c. 1740 thumb|A large thangka hung on a Thangka wall|special wall at [[Gyantse in Tibet in 1938]]

history of Asian art or Eastern art

thumb|Rangoli, a popular form of Indian sand paintings, in [[Singapore.]] Sandpainting is the art of pouring coloured sands, and powdered pigments from minerals or crystals, or pigments from other natural or synthetic sources onto a surface to make a fixed or unfixed sand painting. Unfixed sand paintings have a long established cultural history in numerous social groupings around the globe, and are often temporary, ritual paintings prepared for religious or healing ceremonies. This form of art is also referred to as drypainting.

art of Tibet

popular arts on the subject of Tibetan Buddhism

right|thumb|280px|Painting of Vajrayoginī in the form of Nāropa's Ḍākinī

enlightened beings in Mahayana Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhist tradition involving the creation and destruction of mandalas made from coloured sand

museum in New York, New York

sculpture, alleged to be Tibetan, possibly depicting the Buddhist deity Vaiśravaṇa

NY location listed on National Register of Historic Places

tibetan institute, Dharamshala

tibetan clay votive plaques

East Asian calligraphic tradition, used to write the Tibetan language

Art museum in Hoofdstraat, Emmen

type of rug or carpet woven in Tibet