Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A Tibetan religious painting on fabric, usually portraying the Buddha or lamas in stereotyped aspects.
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- noun A
painted orembroidered linen banner, usually depictingBuddhist themes. It is unique to Tibet.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Lately, they've turned to detailed Tibetan paintings, called thangka, from the 10th to the 14th centuries.
Following the Smart Art Money Kelly Crow 2011
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A painting on fabric, known as a thangka , depicts delicately rendered Naxi gods: Dongba Shila, the religion's founder; the four-headed Kozhe, who shoots down the demons of suicide; sly-eyed Natosa, god of wealth; the great god Soyiwade on his lotus throne, surrounded by rainbows and mystic jewels.
Mystical Art From a 'Lost' World Lawrence Osborne 2011
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Items on exhibit include centuries-old Buddhist sculptures, traditional Tibetan silk paintings known as thangka and other religious items.
Taipei Times 2010
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The word 'thangka' means 'rolled art' and so these paintings of Buddhist deities and other images are rolled and unrolled for hundreds of years.
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In doing so I focused on artists who primarily have very strong thangka painting skills.
Max Eternity: Buddha 2010: Contemporary Tibetan Art in New York Max Eternity 2010
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Hughes Dubois Photographie/Collection of Tom Pritzker Tom Pritzker, chairman of Hyatt Hotels Corp., and his wife Margot have built one of the world's best private collections of ancient art from Tibet, including this 13th century Tibetan "thangka" painting of Marpa, an 11th century teacher credited with spreading Buddhism from India to Tibet.
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I take them into a room filled with ritual objects and thangka paintings, painted scrolls traditionally used for meditation and healing.
The Memory Palace Mira Bartók 2011
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ME: And traditionally speaking, what would be involved in becoming a thangka painter?
Max Eternity: Buddha 2010: Contemporary Tibetan Art in New York Max Eternity 2010
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The missing woman is standing in front of a thangka of Green Tara, one of the divine bodhisattvas, a female Buddha in the making.
The Memory Palace Mira Bartók 2011
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ME: And traditionally speaking, what would be involved in becoming a thangka painter?
Max Eternity: Buddha 2010: Contemporary Tibetan Art in New York Max Eternity 2010
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