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Art of Joan Bredin Price - http://www.bredinprice.com
A gallery of paintings and prints of the Twenty One Taras paintings accompanied by corresponding verses of traditional prayers. Available as prints or new commissions.

Art of Newar Buddhism, Nepal - http://kaladarshan.arts.ohio-state.edu/Nepal/nepal.html
Sculpture, temple and stupa art, and rituals. Includes many images as well as detailed text.

Art of the Headless Dakini - http://www.libertynet.org/meditate/page4.html
Some images of dakinis, including headless ones. Also images of thogchags. Comments on both.

Asian Arts, New York City - http://www.mokotoff.com/
Museum quality Central Asian, Islamic, Nepalese and Indian material with a specialized interest in the art of Tibet.

Asianart: Early Tibetan Mandalas: The Rossi Collection - http://www.asianart.com/mandalas/
Fourteen Tibetan paintings of mandalas dating from the 13th to the 16th centuries, with commentary, and descriptive catalog.

Brian Hafer's - Multimedia Buddhist Art Gallery - http://home.comcast.net/~bhafer/artgallery.html
Brief descriptions of types of art and samples of chanting and ritual music (in .wav format.)

Buddhist Art: Symbolism of Mandalas - http://www.buddhanet.net/mandalas.htm
A brief description of the general meaning of mandalas.

Buddhist Paintings of Buryatia - http://victorian.fortunecity.com/updike/365/
A selection of thangkas from the collection of the Buryat Historical Museum with a brief description of the museum.

Chenrezig / Avalokiteshvara - http://dharma-haven.org/tibetan/chen-re-zig.htm
The Tibetan Buddhist Buddha of Compassion: Chenresig (Avalokiteshvara)

Chenrezig Tibetan Sand Mandalas - http://www.mandala.org.nz
Tibetan Sand Mandala Tour 2001 and 2002 in New Zealand. Information about and images of Chenrezig Tibetan Sand Mandalas.

Dakini Land - http://www.dakini.demon.co.uk/
A celebration of the female spirit as manifest in the Dakini. Some images of Dakinis with a brief discussion of the symbolism.

Dharmapala Center, School of Thangka Painting - http://www.bremen.de/info/nepal/Inhalte.htm
The school, in Kathmandu, Nepal, is supervised by Nyingma lamas. Site contains images of more than 300 thangkas, illustrated essays detailing the creation process and symbolism. Works can be commissioned or purchased.

Exploring the Mandala - http://www.graphics.cornell.edu/~wbt/mandala/
Brief description of mandalas, including a computer model developed at Cornell University.

Headless Dakinis - http://www.headlessdakinis.com
Art and culture of Tibetan chod practitioners and dakinis.

Hindu Paintings: Newsletter Archive - http://www.hindupaintings.com/newsletter.php3
A collection of illustrated articles about Buddhist and Hindu art. Topics include Dance of the Yogini, The Bodhisattva Ideal; Tantric Buddhist Art; and Green Tara and White Tara - Feminist Ideals in Buddhist Art.

http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/george/mandala.html - http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/george/mandala.html
Illustrated discussion of mandalas, their creation and their place within Buddhist Tantric practice.

Kaladarshan - Tibetan Art Virtual Library - http://kaladarshan.arts.ohio-state.edu/anu/tib-art.html
Guide to Tibetan Art, Theatre and Music. The WWW Virtual Library entry provides a central access point to online resources dealing with Tibetan art.

Mandala Sand Painting - http://www.newportnet.com/archives/mandala/home.htm
Description and images from the creation of a sand mandala.

Manjushri-Mandala - http://www.iol.ie/~taeger/submenus/tibetmen.html
A sorted Archive of Tibetan Thangka Art

Mindful Creations - The Art of Joanne Chilton - http://www.mindfulcreations.com
Miksang means Good Eye in Tibetan. Fine Art Photography that works with a contemplative style called Miksang. See new exhibit titled "In Quiet Places".

Nepalese Thangka Paintings - http://www.ethangka.com/
A collection of Tibetan and Nepalese Thangka paintings featuring Red, Green, and White Tara; Chenrezig (Avalokiteshvara); Manjushri, Boddhisattva, Mandalas; Wheel of Life; Mahakaal; Yab Yum; Kuber; Ganesha.

Nick Dudka: The Buddist Art of Thangka - http://www.thangka.ru/eng.html
A collection of thangkas including brief descriptions.

Sand Mandala - http://www.artnetwork.com/Mandala/
History and explanation of mandalas, with photos.

Silk Thangka: Fabric Images in the Tibetan Tradition - http://www.silkthangka.com
Gallery showing hand-stitched mosaics of silk by a contemporary textile artist working in the Tibetan tradition. Information on creation process and history of fabric thangkas.

Temple Art Studios - http://www.tibetcolor.com
Creators of silk appliques thangkas and paintings, unique historic Tibetan art projects and films.

The Iconography of Vajrayana - http://vajrayana.nm.ru/indexe.html
A collection of the tantric paintings.

The Mystical Arts of Tibet - http://www.mysticalartsoftibet.org
Descriptions and illustrations of touring exhibits of sacred music, sacred dance, mandala sand painting, art, and photos of Tibet. Includes tour schedule and contact information.

The Tibetan Photo Project - http://www.tibetanphotoproject.com/
Tibetan monks are using the camera for the first time to document and share their lives and culture in exile. Several galleries of photographs and related material.

Tibetan Paintings by the Thangde Gatsal Studio - http://www.tibetanpaintings.com/
A school in Dharamsala, India that teaches the art of Tibetan thangka painting. Commissions are accepted for specific thangkas.

Tibetan Sacred Art - http://www.sanje.net/
The work of Sanje Elliott, thangka painter. Paintings done in the traditional Karma Ghadri style of Tibetan Sacred Art. Gallery of thangkas and information on classes.

Tibetan Thangka Gallery #1 (Taeger Collection) - http://www.iol.ie/~taeger/thkas/thgk-gal.html
Tibetan Thangka Gallery # 1 from the Taeger Collection, 20 temporary paintings by Tibetan artists

Virtual Thangka Gallery - http://www.fpmt-osel.org/gallery/
Osel Shen Phen Ling copyright-free line drawings from various tibetan sources. Java applets for a prayer wheel and candle offerings.

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