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Photograph by Bruce M. White, Rubin Museum of Art, 2008.
Eight Great Tantric Adepts (From a Pelpung Monastery eleven-painting set of The Eighty-four Great Tantric Adepts)
Photograph by Bruce M. White, Rubin Museum of Art, 2008.
Photograph by Bruce M. White, Rubin Museum of Art, 2008.

Eight Great Tantric Adepts (From a Pelpung Monastery eleven-painting set of The Eighty-four Great Tantric Adepts)

OriginKham Province, Eastern Tibet
Date19th century
Dimensions47 1/8 × 27 × 3/8 in.
MediumPigments on cloth
Classification(s)
Credit LineRubin Museum of Art, Purchased from the Collection of Navin Kumar, New York
Object numberC2005.22.1
Himalayan Art Resources Number65598
Project Himalayan Arthttps://rubinmuseum.org/projecthimalayanart/essays/portrait-of-situ-panchen/
DescriptionThis is an excellent example of the New Encampment painting style, especially the layering of blue and green pigment in dots with the tip of a dry brush. This technique builds up the landscape, from blank canvas to deep color, giving the painting an intense, bright, crystalline quality for which the style became famous. The figures are quite small and they sit in an open landscape. Each scene is depicted in precise detail, with every leaf and brick delineated. This is a clever visual strategy to draw the eye into each vignette.
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