GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Unlike Western religious arts designed for churches or shrines, which were often painted on walls or frescoes, or, if they were smaller paintings, on wood panels or canvas, holy images made for Buddhist temples or for private Buddhist worship in homes were frequently painted with colored inks on textiles. Representations of female Buddhas, considered protective figures, are common in Himalayan Buddhism.
Excerpt from
- Label text, Anne Bromberg, Asian Textiles: Art and Trade Along the Silk Road, 2017.
NOTES
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Geography
Himalayas (mountain system): TGN: 7016919
Process/materials
textiles (visual works): AAT: 300014063
ink: AAT: 300015012
Historical periods
nineteenth century (dates CE): AAT: 300404513
Individuals
Subject terms
Bodhisattva: AAT: 300264360
Buddha: AAT: 300262950
Buddhism: AAT: 300073738
clouds: AAT: 300343840
floral patterns: AAT: 300010135
meditation: AAT: 300264363
Mudras: AAT: 300386143
protection: AAT: 300164923
sitting (seated): AAT: 300263970
Tantrism: AAT: 300143658
textile art (visual works): AAT: 300386843
textiles (visual works): AAT: 300014063
Tibetan Buddhism: AAT: 300265647
enlightenment (religious concept): AAT: 300404722
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
Until 2015: Dorace M. Fichtenbaum (1929-2015), Dallas Texas
Until 2015: Dorace M. Fichtenbaum (1929-2015), Dallas Texas
From 2015: Dallas Museum of Art, bequest of Dorace M. Fichtenbaum
The main source for this provenance is information already catalogued in TMS.
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VIDEO ASSETS
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WEB RESOURCES
- Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History~Explore some of the many different Buddhas (both male and female) of the Himalayas.
ARCHIVAL RESOURCES
FUN FACTS
- In the upper left-hand corner of this work, Vajrabhairava is visible, a deity represented by a gilt bronze sculpture in the Dallas Museum of Art's collection [1998.87].
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General Description
Unlike Western religious arts designed for churches or shrines, which were often painted on walls or frescoes, or, if they were smaller paintings, on wood panels or canvas, holy images made for Buddhist temples or for private Buddhist worship in homes were frequently painted with colored inks on textiles. Representations of female Buddhas, considered protective figures, are common in Himalayan Buddhism.
Excerpt from
- Label text, Anne Bromberg, Asian Textiles: Art and Trade Along the Silk Road, 2017.
Fun Facts
- In the upper left-hand corner of this work, Vajrabhairava is visible, a deity represented by a gilt bronze sculpture in the Dallas Museum of Art's collection [1998.87].
Archival Resources
Web Resources
- Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History~Explore some of the many different Buddhas (both male and female) of the Himalayas.
Notes
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Geography
Himalayas (mountain system): TGN: 7016919
Process/materials
textiles (visual works): AAT: 300014063
ink: AAT: 300015012
Historical periods
nineteenth century (dates CE): AAT: 300404513
Individuals
Subject terms
Bodhisattva: AAT: 300264360
Buddha: AAT: 300262950
Buddhism: AAT: 300073738
clouds: AAT: 300343840
floral patterns: AAT: 300010135
meditation: AAT: 300264363
Mudras: AAT: 300386143
protection: AAT: 300164923
sitting (seated): AAT: 300263970
Tantrism: AAT: 300143658
textile art (visual works): AAT: 300386843
textiles (visual works): AAT: 300014063
Tibetan Buddhism: AAT: 300265647
enlightenment (religious concept): AAT: 300404722
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
Until 2015: Dorace M. Fichtenbaum (1929-2015), Dallas Texas
Until 2015: Dorace M. Fichtenbaum (1929-2015), Dallas Texas
From 2015: Dallas Museum of Art, bequest of Dorace M. Fichtenbaum
The main source for this provenance is information already catalogued in TMS.
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