Tibetan Landscape Course

Landscape Elements

Buddhist scriptures contain few rules with respect to the landscape or background iconography of Thangkas. Landscape and background fundamentals are the only spheres where artists have the freedom to extemporize in the Thangka. Notwithstanding this freedom, the landscape and background must be portrayed as gratifying and gracious to the subject matter of the painting. Normally, the artist pursues a conservative layout, with the horizon line being positioned around the middle of the painting, a deep blue or graded sky, and numerous other detailed objects, such as clouds, rocks, waterfalls, plants and animals appropriately placed in the rest of the background. The iconography of some of these objects is described below

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