ARTH237 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Sakya Monastery, Thangka, Nairatmya
4 May 2016
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Lecture 21 outline: sakya, ngor, riwoche and other central and eastern tibetan. Sakya monastery, original home of the sakyapa order, south-central tibet. Ngor monastery, built 1429, also south-central tibet, monastery of the sakyapa order. Both destroyed, but many thangka paintings were documented and saved, published. 15th century sakyapa paintings, see chinese influence in some elements, as at gyantse and. Shalu, due to sakyapa political connections with chinese court. Example: a mandala painting for hevajra, showing a central mandala and 16 others surrounding it. Figures are all in black or blue and shown starkly against a deep red background. May show one, two, or four teachers in the center; others plus some deities and protectors above and below them. Intertwining designs such as vinescrolls connect the various images. By 16th-17th century get more space, more blue backgrounds, chinese clouds appear, dense scrollwork and background details disappear.
