Tibetan Thangka Painting: Methods and MaterialsTibetan Thangka Painting is the only detailed description of the techniques and principles of the sacred art of Tibetan scroll painting. It is the distillation of research carried out over a period of ten years, collected during five journeys to Nepal and India, and compiled from some twenty traditional painters. This book presents, step-by-step, the techniques used to make a thangka from the preparation of the canvas to the final application of the sacred syllables behind each completed figure. Separate chapters introduce the reader to the basic principles of composition, color, and figure proportions. Included are descriptions of the pigments and how they are mixed and applied. A wealth of drawings and photographs illustrates each step and the many line drawings of symbols and motifs drawn by Robert Beer will greatly aid artists and serve as unique resource for designers. Robert Beer has also contributed a section which includes valuable guidelines for those who wish to paint thangkas using modern techniques and commercially available materials. |
Contents
Preface | 1 |
Two The Preparation of the Painting Surface | 15 |
Three Composition | 25 |
Copyright | |
8 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Tibetan Thangka Painting: Methods & Materials David Paul Jackson,Janice A. Jackson Snippet view - 1988 |
Tibetan Thangka Painting: Methods & Materials David Paul Jackson,Janice A. Jackson Snippet view - 1988 |
Common terms and phrases
applied areas Avalokitesvara azurite base colour binder Bo-dong bodhisattvas border brocade brush Buddha burnishing Bzo gnas Cakrasamvara canvas charcoal cinnabar cloth clouds coats commonly composition crags deities depicted designs dkar dmar drawing dried dry shading edges gesso glue gold grinding gser hairs hide glue iconometry India indigo inner frame Jam-dpal-rdo-rje lac dye landscape Legdrup Gyatsho Lhasa lines ljang lotus main figure malachite mdangs Mi-pham-rgya-mtsho mineral minium mixed mthing mtshal Nepal Newar nimbus ochre orange orpiment outer outlining pa'i Padmasambhava painting surface petals pigments powder Pratyekabuddhas preparation proportions realgar religious rgya Robert Beer Rong-tha rten Samvarodaya Sde-srid shing sketch skya Sman-thang-pa smooth spang stencil stick stretcher strokes Tantra technique thang thangka painting thig thin Tibet Tibetan art Tibetan artists Tibetan painters tradition tshad tshon undercoat usually vermilion vertical Wangdrak wrathful deities yellow yi-dam zhu mkhan Zhu-chen