Tangka painting is widely regarded as the epitome of Tibetan art, but it is an artform treasured the world over. And Tangka is now taking center stage in Shenyang, in northeast China's Liaoning ...

Annual Buddha tangka displaying ritual is held in Tashilhunpo Monastery in July 2019. Young Tibetan people from poverty-stricken families in Southwest China's Sichuan Province can attend free Tangka ...

Clusters of white clouds drifting across the blue sky, paths winding through snowy mountains, and Buddhist temples looming in infused incense--these are the images most people have of Tibet, the land ...

King Gesar is an ancient epic orally passed down through generations of Tibetan people. Over the centuries some ballad singers also made drawings to illustrate the contents of the story, and these ...

An artist makes Tangka painting in a Tangka shop near Porgor Street of Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Nov. 29, 2017. Tangka, a style of Tibetan art that involves painting ...

GUEST: From what I've been able to tell, I think it's a Tibetan tangka that was obviously made in Tibet and in a monastery. And that's about all I think I know about it. APPRAISER: Well, you are ...

Tangka is a kind of scroll painting mounted on silk. It has distinctive ethnic features and a strong religious flavor. Its unique artistic style is highly prized by the Tibetan people. The origin of ...

Appraisal: Tibetan Tangka, ca. 1750, from Vintage Charlotte. Check out James F. Callahan's appraisal of a Tibetan tangka, ca. 1750, in Vintage Charlotte.