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Beyond Pretty Pictures: Why Thangka Is Not "Art" in the Western Sense Walk into any gallery selling Himalayan artifacts in New York or Los Angeles, and you’ll see them—vibrant, gold-lined scroll paintings of deities with multiple arms, serene faces,

When we stand before a Tibetan thangka, our eyes are immediately drawn to the luminous figures, the intricate mandalas, the flowing scarves, and the serene faces of buddhas and bodhisattvas. We marvel at the craftsmanship, the symbolism, the gold lea